Slaid Cleaves - Lydia
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Key of Eb, capo 1, play in D
D / G / Bm / A
DLydie lit a GcigarettBme todayA
DAncient fumbling Gfingers iBmn her Away
From a fGorty year old cBmoffee cup she sAipped a bit of Ggin
BmClosed her eAyes and let the Gmemories in.
She lives in the old place all alone,
Keeps in touch with neighbors by the phone
Grows roses on the graves of her firstborn and his father
And the coal trucks never bother her
DOh LBmydie, let him gAo the boy is Ggone
BmHer mother sAtruggled as she Gtore him from her arms
DOh LBmydia your tAears are heaven??G?s rain
BmBut she nAever was the Gsame
A cotton dress and satin shoes
Indian summer sun, dressed in amber hues
Spending time with a coal miner’s son
To an old time fiddle tune
The months went by just like a breeze that year,
They wed in June, and by the fall the boy was here
Word come down from Big Stone, there’s a fire in the mine
And eleven men they couldn’t find
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She watched them pull him from the hole,
The overalls he wore were blackened by the smoke,
Lydie twice had had this dream and twice it had come true
And when she saw his father’s boots she knew.
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