Song Name: | Ballad of Lucy Jordan | By: | Dr. Hook |
Posted By: | meanon | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | Any | Genre: | 70s |
Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
Created: | 2015-05-20 15:24:09 | Modified: | 2015-05-21 03:41:54 |
Song: | The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan
Dr. Hook / Marianne Faithfull / Shel Silverstein Chromatic Harmonica (raised 1 semitone) -3 4 4 4 4 -5 4 -3 The morn-ing sun touched light-ly on -6 -6 -6 6 -5 -5 4 The eyes of Lu-cy Jor-don -3 -3< 4 4 4 -5 4 -3 In a white sub-ur-ban bed-room 2 -2 3 -2 2 -2 3 In a white sub-ur-ban town -3 -3< 4 4 4 -3 -5 4 As she lay there beneath the cov-ers -6 -6 -6 6 -5 -5 4 Dream-ing of a thou-sand lov-ers -3 -3 3 3 -3 -3< -3< 'Til the world turned to or-ange 3 -3 -3< -3< -3 3 -2 And the room went spin-ning round.. -6 -6 -6 -5 -6 -5 7 -6 At the age of thir-ty- sev-en -3< 4 4 4 4 -5 4 -3 She re-a-lised she'd nev-er ride -3 4 4 4 4 -5 4 Through Par-is in a sports car -3 -3< 4 4 -3< -3 -3 3 With the warm wind in her ha-ir.. -3 -3< 4 4 4 4 3 -2 So she let the phone keep ring-ing -6 -6 -6 6 6 -5 -5 4 As she sat there soft-ly sing-ing -3 -3< -3 3 3 -3 -3< -3 3 pret-ty nurs-ery rhymes She'd mem-o- rised 3 -3 3 -2 -2 -2 -2 In her dad-dy's ea-sy chair -3 4 4 4 -5 4 -3 Her hus-band he's off to work -6 -6 -6 6 6 -5 4 And the kids are off to school -3 4 4 -5 4 -3 3 -2 And there are oh so ma-ny ways -2 3 3 -3 3 4 For her to spend the day -3 -3< 4 4 4 -3 -5 4 She could clean the house for hour-s -6 -6 6 6 -5 -5 4 Or re-ar-range the flow-ers -3 -3< -3 3 3 -3 -3< -3 3 Or run na-ked down the sha-dy street -6 -6 -6 -5 -7 Scream-ing all the way -6 -6 -6 -5 -6 -5 7 -6 At the age of thir-ty- sev-en -3< 4 4 4 4 -5 4 -3 She re-a-lised she'd nev-er ride -3 4 4 4 4 -5 4 Through Par-is in a sports car -3 -3< 4 4 -3< -3 -3 3 With the warm wind in her ha-ir.. -3 -3< 4 4 4 4 3 -2 So she let the phone keep ring-ing -6 -6 -6 6 6 -5 -5 4 And she sat there soft-ly sing-ing -3 -3< -3 3 3 -3 -3< -3 3 pret-ty nurs-ery rhymes She'd mem-o- rised 3 -3 3 -2 -2 -2 -2 In her dad-dy's ea-sy chair -3 4 4 4 4 -5 4 The even-ing sun touched gent-ly -3 -6 -6 -6 6 -5 -5 4 On the eyes of Lu- cy Jor-dan -3< -3< 4 4 4 4 4 On the roof top where she climbed -3< -3 -3< 4 4 -3< -3 -3 3 When all the laugh-ter grew too lou-d.. -3 -3< 4 4 4 4 -5 4 -3 And she bowed and curt-sied to the man -6 -6 -6 6 -5 -5 4 -5 4 Who reached and of-fered her his ha-nd -3 -3< -3 3 3 3 -3 -3< -3< 3 And he led her down to the long white car -3 -3< -3< -3 3 -2 That wait-ed past the crowd.. -6 -6 -6 -5 -6 -5 7 -6 At the age of thir-ty sev-en -3 4 4 4 -3 -5 4 She knew she'd found for-ev-er -3 -3< 4 4 4 4 -5 4 As she rode a-long through Par-is -3 -3< 4 4 -3< -3 3 With the warm wind in her hair.. |