Song Name: | Ballad of Lucy Jordan (Diatonic) | By: | Dr. Hook |
Posted By: | meanon | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | Any | Genre: | 70s |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2015-05-20 15:47:19 | Modified: | 2015-05-21 03:45:29 |
Song: | The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan
Dr. Hook / Marianne Faithfull / Shel Silverstein Diatonic Harmonica ( raised 8 semitones) 5 6 6 6 6 -6 6 5 The morn-ing sun touched light-ly on 7 7 7 -7 -6 -6 6 The eyes of Lu-cy Jor-don 5 -5 6 6 6 -6 6 5 In a white sub-ur-ban bed-room -3 4 -4 4 -3 4 -4 In a white sub-ur-ban town 5 -5 6 6 6 5 -6 6 As she lay there beneath the cov-ers 7 7 7 -7 -6 -6 6 Dream-ing of a thou-sand lov-ers 5 5 -4 -4 5 -5 -5 'Til the world turned to or-ange -4 5 -5 -5 5 -4 4 And the room went spin-ning round.. 7 7 7 -6 7 -6 -8 7 At the age of thir-ty sev-en -5 6 6 6 6 -6 6 5 She re-a-lised she'd nev-er ride 5 6 6 6 6 -6 6 Through Par-is in a sports car 5 -5 6 6 -5 5 5 -4 With the warm wind in her ha-ir.. 5 -5 6 6 6 6 -4 4 So she let the phone keep ring-ing 7 7 7 -7 -7 -6 -6 6 As she sat there soft-ly sing-ing 5 -5 5 -4 -4 5 -5 5 -4 pret-ty nurs-ery rhymes She'd mem-o- rised -4 5 -4 4 4 4 4 In her dad-dy's ea-sy chair 5 6 6 6 -6 6 5 Her hus-band he's off to work 7 7 7 -7 -7 -6 6 And the kids are off to school 5 6 6 -6 6 5 -4 4 And there are oh so ma-ny ways 4 -4 -4 5 -4 6 For her to spend the day 5 -5 6 6 6 5 -6 6 She could clean the house for hour-s 7 7 -7 -7 -6 -6 6 Or re-ar-range the flow-ers 5 -5 5 -4 -4 5 -5 5 -4 Or run na-ked down the sha-dy street 7 7 7 -6 8 Scream-ing all the way 7 7 7 -6 7 -6 -8 7 At the age of thir-ty- sev-en -5 6 6 6 6 -6 6 5 She re-a-lised she'd nev-er ride 5 6 6 6 6 -6 6 Through Par-is in a sports car 5 -5 6 6 -5 5 5 -4 With the warm wind in her ha-ir.. 5 -5 6 6 6 6 -4 4 So she let the phone keep ring-ing 7 7 7 -7 -7 -6 -6 6 And she sat there soft-ly sing-ing 5 -5 5 -4 -4 5 -5 5 -4 pret-ty nurs-ery rhymes She'd mem-o- rised -4 5 -4 4 4 4 4 In her dad-dy's ea-sy chair 5 6 6 6 6 -6 6 The even-ing sun touched gent-ly 5 7 7 7 -7 -6 -6 6 On the eyes of Lu- cy Jor-dan -5 -5 6 6 6 6 6 On the roof top where she climbed -5 5 -5 6 6 -5 5 5 -4 When all the laugh-ter grew too lou-d.. 5 -5 6 6 6 6 -6 6 5 And she bowed and curt-sied to the man 7 7 7 -7 -6 -6 6 -6 6 Who reached and of-fered her his ha-nd 5 -5 5 -4 -4 -4 5 -5 -5 -4 And he led her down to the long white car 5 -5 -5 5 -4 4 That wait-ed past the crowd.. 7 7 7 -6 7 -6 -8 7 At the age of thir-ty- sev-en 5 6 6 6 5 -6 6 She knew she'd found for-ev-er 5 -5 6 6 6 6 -6 6 As she rode a-long through Par-is 5 -5 6 6 -5 5 -4 With the warm wind in her hair.. |