{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":997650,"song":"Lydia","artist":"Slaid Cleaves","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11625301-lydia-chords-by-slaid-cleaves/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/997650?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":53,"content":"Key of Eb, capo 1, play in D\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] / [ch]G[/ch] / [ch]Bm[/ch] / [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLydie lit a cigarette today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAncient fumbling fingers in her way[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]      \r\nFrom a forty year old coffee cup she sipped a bit of gin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nClosed her eyes and let the memories in.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe lives in the old place all alone,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nKeeps in touch with neighbors by the phone[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch] \r\nGrows roses on the graves of her firstborn and his father[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the coal trucks never bother her[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nOh Lydie, let him go the boy is gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer mother struggled as she tore him from her arms[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh Lydia your tears are heaven’s rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut she never was the same[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA cotton dress and satin shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIndian summer sun, dressed in amber hues[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch] \r\nSpending time with a coal miner’s son[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo an old time fiddle tune[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe months went by just like a breeze that year,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey wed in June, and by the fall the boy was here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch] \r\nWord come down from Big Stone, there’s a fire in the mine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd eleven men they couldn’t find[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nOh Lydie, let him go the boy is gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer mother struggled as she tore him from her arms[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh Lydia your tears are heaven’s rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut she never was the same[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBreak \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe watched them pull him from the hole,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe overalls he wore were blackened by the smoke,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch] \r\nLydie twice had had this dream and twice it had come true[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd when she saw his father’s boots she knew.[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nOh Lydie, let him go the boy is gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer mother struggled as she tore him from her arms[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh Lydia your tears are heaven’s rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut she never was the same[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLydie lit a cigarette today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAncient fumbling fingers in her way[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]      \r\nFrom a forty year old coffee cup she sipped a bit of gin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nClosed her eyes and let the memories in.[/tab]","plain_text":"Key of Eb, capo 1, play in D\n\nD / G / Bm / A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBreak \n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus","chords":["Eb","D","G","Bm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}