Chords for Earth Opera \1969\ – Mad Lydia's Waltz

_ _ [E] _ The [Em] town now [G] is sleeping, _ _ [E] the moon [A] slowly [Am] creeping, _ a candle [G] is burning.
[E] In the window so high, [Am] the owl _ [G] stands staring, [E] her young body [Am] trembling.
_ [Am] Her bed sheets [G] are barren, [E] and the moon [Em] it is high.
_ [E] _ _ _ [Am] Hesitations [G] of laughter, [E] and Lydia _ is [Am] dancing.
_ Silk from [G] her shoulders, [E] it slips to the floor.
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[G] Mrs.
Laughing, _ [E] her lover is calling.
_ [B] In [Am] dizzy [G] remembrance, [E] she _ [Am] opens the door.
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[Am] The _ [G] cobblestone alley, [E]
the mist with [Am] her spinning, _ with thirteen [G] black roses.
[B] The gay [E] village bride _ [Am] _ _ [G] is dancing, [E] her lover [Am] is calling.
Her lover [G] is ringing, _ [E] on the beach at [Am] low tide.
[E] _ _ And [Am] the town's people [G] gather, _ _ [Em] as Lydia [Am] comes dancing.
_ _ Spinning [G] and reeling, [E] at the edge of the [G] sea.
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Her eyes shine [G] like embers, her body is [Am] burning.
_ She runs to [Em] her lover, _ lover.
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