Lake placid blues Chords by Tony Joe White

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_ the time I [G] was too young for the [Am] meaning _ But _ _ _ it's become much [G] clearer through the [Am] years _ _ _ _ _
_ _ We gathered [G] round the boy in [F] his army clothes He said [Dm] goodbye _ and his [Em] mother shared [Am] her
tears _ _ _ _ _ _ Every day she [G] watched for the [Am] postman
_ But _ the longer [C] waited [G] letter was _ [Am] overdue _ _ _ _ _ _ _ It's [G] not the _ silence that [F] makes you crazy
_ It's [Dm] the sound of a [Em] _ heartbreak
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[F] _ _ _ it [G] came across the [Am] ocean _ It _ was [F] hard to [G] _ understand the awful [Am] news _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] And I don't know [G] why I still [Am] remember _ This _ _
_ [Dm] is just the [Em] _ late last [Am] years
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_ turned eighteen [G] and left that part of the [Am] country
_ Went _ _ _ _ down [G] on the Padre Island [Am] coast _ Of _ _ _ _ _ all the [G] hard times [F] I still remember _ _
[Dm] The repossession of [Em] the guitar hurt [Am] the most
The _ _ _ _ pauper stood [G] in line outside [Am] the mission _ And _ _ _ I huddled [C] there beside [G] them in [Am] the rain _ _ _ _ _
_ _ A priest [G] came to the door [F] with empty _ eyes _ I [Dm] could see he no [Em] longer [Am] felt the pain _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ Some [G] were searching for [Am] forgiveness _ And _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] others only wanted [Am] food
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_ [F] _ _ needed [G] more than I could [Am] ask for _ _ There is no [Dm] comfort with [Em] a big plastic [Am] _ box
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_ hard to find good [C] [G] friends in [Am] a lifetime _ You _ _ _ _ can usually [G] count them on one [Am] hand
_ I _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] shivered by the fire [F] in the dawn spring _ _ And [Dm] they scattered _ [Em] his ashes on [Am] the sand
_ And _ _ [F] the silver cranes [G] came over in [Am] formation _ _ _ _ In [F] _ a [G] sacred manner _ [Am] they flew
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_ _ _ I [G] will _ always [Am] remember _ _ _ The _ [Dm] sky _ [Em] of late last [Am] years _ _ _ _ _ _
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