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The Ballad of Lucy Jordan... - Helmut Bickel      mp3
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  Artist: Marianne Faithfull
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Capo 2nd Fret - 4/4 Time
Verse:
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       G                             C
          _     _     _   _     _       _         _       _
       | | | | | |   | | | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | | | |
e|---|-------------|---0---------3-|-3---3-2-0-|-0-----------|
B|-0-|-3-3-3-----3-|-----3-0-------|-1---------|---3-----0-1-|
G|---|-------------|---------------|-----------|-------------|
D|---|---0-----0---|-----0-----0---|---2-----2-|-----0---0---|
A|---|-------------|---------------|-3-----3---|-------------|
E|---|-3-----3-----|-3-------3-----|-----------|-3-----3-----|
The morning sun touched lightly on
                            the eyes of Lucy Jordan. In a white

   G                             D
      _   _   _     _       _       _   _   _         _   _ 
   | | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | | |   | | | | | |
e|---------0-----|-------------|---------------|-------------|
B|-3-3-3-------3-|---0---------|---------------|-------0---1-|
G|---------------|---------0-0-|-2-0-----0---2-|-------------|
D|---0-------0---|-----0---0---|---0-4-----0---|---0-----0---|
A|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
E|-3-----3-------|-3-----3-----|-2-----2-------|-2---2-------|
  Suburban      bedroom  in a white suburban town.      As she

   G                             C           G
        _   _     _     _   _       _         _   * _ * _
   | | | | | |   | | | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|-----------0-|---3-----3-3-3-|-----3-2-0-|-0-------------|
B|---3---3-0---|---------------|-----------|---3-----0-0---|
G|-------------|---------------|-----------|-------------2-|
D|---0-----0---|-----0-----0---|---2-----2-|-----0-----0---|
A|-------------|---------------|-3-----3---|---------------|
E|-3---3-------|-3-----3-------|-----------|-3-----3-------|
 Lay there neath the covers  dreaming of a 
                                   thousand lovers. Till the

   D                                         G
          _     _     _   _         _   _       _   _
   | | | | |   | | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
e|-----------|---------------|-------------|---------3---|
B|-------0-1-|-----------0-1-|---1---0-----|-----0-------|
G|-----2-----|---2-----2-----|---------2-0-|-------------|
D|---0-------|-----0-----0---|---0-----0---|---0-------0-|
A|-----------|---------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-2---2-----|-2-----2-------|-2---2-------|-3-----3-----|
   World turned to orange and the room went spinning round


Chorus:
------

    G7           C                           G
      _   _         _     _     _       _     _       _   
   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
e|-1-------3-3-|-3---0-3-0-5-|---3---------|-------------|
B|-0---0-------|-1-----1-----|-----------1-|-3-3-3-----3-|
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|---0-----0---|---2-----2---|-----2---2---|-----0---0---|
A|-------------|-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-------------|
E|-3-----3-----|-------------|-------------|-3-----3-----|
          At the age of thirty-seven, she realised she'd 
   G
    _   _     _           _         _   _       * _ * _
   | | | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
e|-0-------------|-----------|-0-----------|-------------|
B|---3---0-----0-|-3-3---3-3-|---3---0-1-3-|---3---1-0---|
G|---------------|-----------|-------------|-----------2-|
D|-----0-----0---|---0---0---|---0-----0---|---0-----0---|
A|---------------|-----------|-------------|-------------|
E|-3-------3-----|-3---3-----|-3---3-------|-3---3-------|
  Never ride through Paris in a sports car with the 
                                         warm wind in her
   D                       G
        _             _       _     _         _   _
   | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
e|-----------|-----------|-------------|-------3-3-3-|
B|-----------|-------0-1-|-3-3-3-----3-|-0-----------|
G|-------2---|-----------|-------------|---0---------|
D|---0-----0-|---0---0---|---0-----0---|---0-----0---|
A|-----------|-----------|-------------|-------------|
E|-2---2-----|-2---2-----|-3-----3-----|-3---3-------|
  hair             So she let the phone keep ringing
                                      as she sat there
   C *         G             D
          _         _   _     _   _     _     _   _     _
   | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | | |   | | | | | | |
e|---3-2---0-|-0-----------|---------------|---------------|
B|-----------|---3---0-1-0-|-------------0-|-1-0-----------|
G|-----------|-------------|---2-2-2-------|-------2---2-2-|
D|---2---2---|---0-----0---|-----0-----0---|-----0-----0---|
A|-3---3-----|-------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-----------|-3---3-------|-2-------2-----|-2-------2-----|
 Softly singing the nursery rhymes she'd memorize in her 
                                                     daddy's
   C         G

   | | | |   |
e|---------|-----|
B|---------|-----|
G|-2-0-0---|-0---|
D|---2---2-|-0---|
A|-3---3---|-----|
E|---------|-3---|
  Easy   chair.


---------------


Lyrics and Chords
-----------------

Verse:
-----

    G                   G7
The morning sun touched lightly on
    C             G
The eyes of Lucy Jordan
    G               '
In a white suburban bedroom
    D               D7
In a white suburban town

       G                    G7
As she lay there 'neath the covers
        C              G
Dreaming of a thousand lovers
         D                D7
Till the world turned to orange
         D               G      G7 
And the room went spinning round


Chorus:
------

        C             '
At the age of thirty-seven
        G           '
She realised she'd never ride
        G           '
Through Paris in a sports car
        G                 D   '
With the warm wind in her hair

        G                 G7
So she let the phone keep ringing
        C                 G
And she sat there softly singing
        D                  '
Little nursery rhymes she'd memorised
        C           G      ,
In her daddy's easy chair


Verse:
-----

    G                    G7
Her husband, he's off to work
        C               G
And the kids are off to school
G                       '
And there were, oh, so many ways
    D                D7
For her to spend the day

         G                    G7
She could clean the house for hours
    C            G
Or rearrange the flowers
   D                     '
Or run naked through the shady street
   D              G
Screaming all the way


Chorus:
------

        C             '
At the age of thirty-seven
        G           '
She realised she'd never ride
        G           '
Through Paris in a sports car
        G                 D   '
With the warm wind in her hair
         
        G                       G7
So she let the phone keep ringing
        C               G
As she sat there softly singing
    D                   '
The nursery rhymes she'd memorize
       C             G    ' ' '
In her daddy's easy chair.


Verse:
-----

 G                               G7
The evening sun touched gently on
     C             G
The eyes of Lucy Jordan
 G                        '
On the roof top where she climbed
G                              D   D7 ' '
When all the laughter grew too loud

         G                        G7
And she bowed and curtsied to the man
     C                      G
Who reached and offered her his hand
       D                    '
And he led her down to the long white car
D                     G   G7
That waited past the crowd


Chorus:
------

        C             '
At the age of thirty-seven
        G           '
She realised she'd never ride
        G           '
Through Paris in a sports car
        G                 D   '
With the warm wind in her hair
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