Sweet Lorraine Chords by Patty Griffin

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[Bb] Sweet Lorraine, [Eb] a fiery _ [F] heron, brown-eyed schemer, who [Bb] came from a [Eb] long _ line [F] of _ drinkers and dreamers,
who [Bb] knew their _ [Gm] sunshine. _ _
[F] Don't hold up to the dark, _ [Bb] whose businesses _ _ [Eb] fell, _
[F] who sweep in the park, _ [Bb] _
Lorraine, who _ [Eb] spoke of [F] _ _ paintings in Paris, _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] outlandish things to her [F] family, just as scarce.
Whose [Bb] heart, when a [Eb] poke can wear, [F] _ it shouldn't awe, _
[Eb] whose mother could only _
[Bb] _ spit [F] at the thought, _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ of Lorraine, _ _ _ _ _ _ sweet [Bb] _ _ Lorraine.
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ Her [Bb] father would _ [Eb] tear out like [F] a page of a Bible, [Bb] and he'd burn down the [Gm] house to [F] pronounce his arrival.
Her _ [Bb] _
mother was _ [Eb] working and [F] _
never was home.
[Bb] _
Lorraine carved _ [Eb] out a [F] life of her own.
_ [Bb] Lorraine started working, [Eb] _ _ _ [F] Lorraine went to school.
[Gm] Her [Bb] mother threw [Eb] stones at her on [F] the day that she moved.
Well [Bb] now, isn't that a [Eb] very _ _ [F] stranger's thing to _ do?
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Someone who never _ [Bb] really _ wanted [F] you, _ _ [Gm] _ [Eb] _ _
Lorraine, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sweet [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] Lorraine.
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_ _ _ _ [Cm] Her daddy called her [Eb] a stud and a whore on [Bb] the night _ before.
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_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ Every next morning [Eb] at _ the church, well, [F] her daddy gave _ _ _ [Eb] Lorraine _ away. _
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_ _ _ Lorraine, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
sweet [Bb] _ Lorraine.
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[Bb] In the battle of [Gm] time, in the [F] battle of wealth, _ [Bb] all is on their [Gm] hope, and their [F] heart that gets killed.
And it [Bb] gets harder and [Gm] harder, _ Lorraine, [F] to believe in magic.
But [Eb] when it came before you, [Bb] it was so very [F] _ tragic.
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Lorraine, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] sweet _ Lorraine.
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Sweet _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Bb] _
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_ [Eb] Lorraine.
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_ _ _ _ [Bb] Sweet _ _
_ _ [Gm] Lorraine.
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_ _ _ Sweet [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Lorraine. _ _
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