Sweet Lucy — Michael Hurley
Chords and lyrics for Sweet Lucy by Michael Hurley (key of D).
Verse 1
This is the version on the Michael Hurley/Holy Modal Rounders/Jeffrey
Frederick &
The Clamtones album, "Have Moicy!"
Intro
[D]
Verse
When we [A]left, it was [D]cold
Each other's [A]hands we had to [D]hold
We was [A]drunk in [D]Tennessee
She got [A]drunk, as drunk as [D]me
She [F#m]run up the hill, she [Bm]cried and [E]cried
[G]I run [D]down the [E]other [A]side
Chorus
[G]Oh, sweet [A]Lucy
[G]Oh, sweet [A]Lucy
[G]Oh, sweet [A]Lucy, let me [D]go
Verse
Police [A]come, they took my [D]wine.
They put us in [A]jail, hundred-dollar [D]fine.
I could hear [A]her cryin' over the [D]wall
In the [A]women's detention [D]hall.
I [F#m]got on the phone, my [Bm]mama [E]spoke,
[G]"Sorry, [D]son, but [E]your mama's [A]broke!"
Chorus
[G]Oh, sweet [A]Lucy
[G]Oh, sweet [A]Lucy
[G]Oh, sweet [A]Lucy, let me [D]go
Verse
Wherever I [A]go I get [D]sad.
Seems like [A]sorrow lives in the [D]air.
In the wide-open [A]skies of [D]California,
They have [A]sorrow way out [D]there.
[F#m]Five gets ya ten that ya [Bm]don't get [E]past;
[G]Five gets ya [D]ten that ya [E]better go [A]fast.
Chorus
[G]Oh, sweet [A]Lucy
[G]Oh, sweet [A]Lucy
[G]Oh, sweet [A]Lucy, let me [D]go
Verse
Oh, Harry [A]Hubcaps and Jack the [D]Fluke,
They bought a [A]bottle, a bottle for [D]Luke.
They was [A]buddies, but they had a [D]fight;
They broke the [A]jukebox, they broke the [D]light.
[F#m]Big ol' Fluke weigh [Bm]three-hundred [E]pounds;
[G]Fell on [D]Harry when [E]Harry fell [A]down.
Chorus
[G]Oh, sweet [A]Lucy
[G]Oh, sweet [A]Lucy
[G]Oh, sweet [A]Lucy, let me [D]go
Verse
My old lady [A]says, "Gimme that [D]wine."
I said, [A]"Honey, quit drinking [D]sometime."
She said, [A]"Snock, it's not my [D]fault!
Had to eat my [A]porkchop without no [D]salt."
She [F#m]run up the hill, she [Bm]cried and [E]cried
[G]I run [D]down the [E]other [A]side
Chorus
[G]Oh, sweet [A]Lucy
[G]Oh, sweet [A]Lucy
[G]Oh, sweet [A]Lucy, let me [D]go
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