Lucky Day

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Lucky Day
by Tom Waits
Em
* x79987
C
* x35553
Intro: E--3--5--10--
G
The prettiest girl
B Em
*
In all the world
A D G
Is in a little Spanish town
B Em
*
But I left her for a Bonnie lass
A
And I told her
D
I'd see her around
G
But that Bonnie lass
C
*
And her heart of glass
A
Would not hold a candle
D
To bumming around
G
So don't cry for me
B Em
*
For I'm going away
A D G
And I'll be back some lucky day
Tell the boys back home
I'm doing just fine
I left my troubles and woe
So sing about me
For I can't come home
I've many more miles to go
Why, there's Miss Kelsey
You taught dance at our school
And old Johnny O'Toole
I'll still beat you at pool
So don't cry for me
For I'm going away
ANd I'll be back some lucky day
Now when I was a boy
My daddy sat me on his knee
And he told me
He told me many things
And he said sone
There's a lot of things in this world
You're gonna have no use for
ANd when you get blue
And you've lost all your dreams
There's nothin' like a campfire
And a can of beans
Why, there's Miss Kelsey
She taught dance at our school
And old Johnny O'Toole
I'll still beat you at pool
So don't cry for me
For I'm going away
And I'll be back some lucky day
______________________________
aleister, Russia, Irkutsk

Lucky Day chords and lyrics

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Lucky Day 
by Tom Waits
Em* x79987
C*  x35553
Intro: E--3--5--10--
 Tell the boys back home
 I'm doing just fine
 I left my troubles and woe
 So sing about me
 For I can't come home
 I've many more miles to go
 Why, there's Miss Kelsey
 You taught dance at our school
 And old Johnny O'Toole
 I'll still beat you at pool
 So don't cry for me
 For I'm going away
 ANd I'll be back some lucky day
 Now when I was a boy
 My daddy sat me on his knee
 And he told me
 He told me many things
 And he said sone
 There's a lot of things in this world
 You're gonna have no use for
 ANd when you get blue
 And you've lost all your dreams
 There's nothin' like a campfire
 And a can of beans
 Why, there's Miss Kelsey
 She taught dance at our school
 And old Johnny O'Toole
 I'll still beat you at pool
 So don't cry for me
 For I'm going away
 And I'll be back some lucky day
 ______________________________
 aleister, Russia, Irkutsk

Lucky Day Chords by Tom Waits

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