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The Ballad of Lucy Jordan

Marianne Faithfull
ChordsKeyEintermediate121 BPM
4.9(133)

Chords in this song6

Intro

Esus4 E (x4)
 

Verse 1

The morning sun touched lightly on 
The eyes of Lucy Jordan
In a white suburban bedroom
In a white suburban town 
As she lay there 'neath the covers
Dreaming of a thousand lovers
Till the world turned to orange
And the room went spinning round 

Chorus

At the age of thirty-seven
She realized she'd never ride
Through Paris in a sports car
With the warm wind in her hair
So she let the phone keep ringing
As she sat there softly singing
Little nursery rhymes she'd memorize
In her daddy's easy chair.

Verse 2

Her husband he's off to work
And the kids are off to school
And there were oh so many ways
For her to spend a day 
She could clean the house for hours
Or re-arrange the flowers
Or run naked through the shady street
Screaming all the way

Chorus

At the age of thirty-seven
She realized she'd never ride
Through Paris in a sports car
With the warm wind in her hair
So she let the phone keep ringing
As she sat there softly singing
Pretty nursery rhymes she'd memorize
In her daddy's easy chair

Verse 3

The evening sun touched gently on 
The eyes of Lucy Jordan
On the rooftop where she climbed
When all the laughter grew too loud
And she bowed and curtsied to the man
Who reached and offered her his hand
And led her down to the long white car
That waited, past the crowd 

Chorus

At the age of thirty-seven
She knew she'd found forever
As she rode along through Paris
With the warm wind in her hair

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These need nothing beyond Esus4, E, E7, A, B, B7.

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