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Sweet Lorraine

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CAPO 3RD
G- 320033 Dsus4- x00233
C9- 032030 Am- 002210
D- 000232 C- 003210
[Intro]
Dsus4 G C9 D Dsus4 G C9 D
Dsus4Sweet Lor raine Gthe fiery head C9brown eyed schemerD  
who came from a long line of drinkers and dreamers
who knew that sunshine don?t hold up to dark
whose businesses fail who sleep in the park
Lor raine who spoke of paintings in Paris
and outlandish things to her family just to scare us
whose heart went pokin? where it shouldn?t ought
whose motC9her could only, spit at thGe thoughtD  
LorraiC9ne, swDsus4eet LorrainGeC9  D  Dsus4  G  C9  D  
Dsus4Her fatGher would tear out like C9a page of the BibleD  
then he?d burn down the house to announce his arrival
her mother was working and never was home
Lor raine carved out a little life of her own
Dsus4Lor Graine started working, Lorraine wenC9t to schoolD  
her mother threw stones at her on the day that she moved
now isn?t that a very strange thing to do
for C9someone who never really wanted youG  D  
LorraC9ine, swDsus4eet LorraiGneC9  D  
Her dadAmdy called her a slut and a whoreC  
on the nigGht before her wedding DdayAm  
the very next morning, at the chCurch
her daDddy gave, Lorraine C9away, Lorraine away
Lorraine, sweeDsus4t LorraineG  
Dsus4In the batGtle of time, in the C9battle of willD  
it?s only your hope and your heart that gets killed
and it?s harder and harder Lorraine, to believe in magic
C9
when what C9came before you was so very tragicG  D  
LoC9rraine, sweDsus4et LorraiGne
Dsus4Sweet LorraGineC9  D  Dsus4  G  C9  D  
----repeats, fades out on D  
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