Lydia chords by Margo Price

Intro:

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Verse 1:
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  At the clinic wondering what your face would be like
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Mascara bleeding to my eyes
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Tied like a dog on a chain with a midlife crisis and an ex husband
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  Sneaking a Marlboro Ultra Light I stole from a nurse out there in the alley
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Halfway home is where the heart is and I'm halfway home
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  White trash, trailer trash, they said you'd always be it

And you said, 'one day you'll see.'
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But lately you start to wonder if they were right
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  Spit on you at school outside
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In the locker room and bathroom too
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Locked you in the stall
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Bless this mess, can I bum a light?

Verse 2:
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  The cars out on the LA Freeway they look like red and light Christmas lights strung out on a chain
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The ex virgin Mary of 49th street has a pocket full of pills
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  She sold herself for synthetic heroin and sleeping with a man about twice her age
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Really though it was anything but sleeping
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  Nice neighbors,  bad cough
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  No health insurance this year, transitional neighborhood
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  Gentrification comes like it always does and some nice condos they Go in
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But the needles in the alley they're still laying there
Gm
  Don't Go barefoot or take a nap out there
       Cm
Wear shoes if you have um
 C
Undercover methadone clinic
          Gm
Children close your eyes

Verse 3:
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  Say a lullaby and think of a nursery rhyme

Or maybe something your mama used to tell you when you were trying to sleep
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Jill fell down when the bow breaks oh the cradle will fall
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Down will come baby, down will come baby, down will come baby
Cm
  Put out the cigarette
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  Just make a decision Lydia, just make a decision

It's yours

Interlude:
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Verse 4:
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  Close your eyes and make a wish
           Cm
Hear the whisper of God
            C
He used to talk like you, you used to see his face in the clouds
                Gm
Now I see your face in my mind
Gm
  It's wrong for him to want it
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Bless this mess, brush your hair
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Fix yourself up real nice you've got a show tonight

Verse 5:
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  Singing down at the Broken Bottle, half waiting shifts
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Get the guys a couple of beers
Go on get the food, living off tips and meth
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  Then I came home after dancin' one night
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And I wrecked my car and you have to take the bus now so you've got a long walk to think about it
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  A long walk to the station
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  A long life ahead to live with yourself
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So think about it Lydia
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  Think about it Lydia
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