Ballad of Lucy Jordan (Diatonic)

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−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
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bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
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The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan
 
Dr. Hook / Marianne Faithfull / Shel Silverstein 
 
Diatonic Harmonica ( raised 8 semitones)	 
 
 
 5   6    6   6    6       -6   6   5 
The morn-ing sun touched light-ly  on 
 
 7     7  7  -7 -6  -6    6 
The eyes of Lu-cy   Jor-don 
 
 5 -5   6    6   6  -6  6    5 
In  a white sub-ur-ban bed-room 
 
-3  4  -4    4  -3  4  -4 
In  a white sub-ur-ban town 
 
 
 
 
 5 -5    6   6    6        5   -6   6 
As she lay there beneath the  cov-ers 
 
 7      7   7    -7  -6   -6   6 
Dream-ing of a thou-sand lov-ers 
 
 5    5   -4   -4     5  -5   -5 
'Til the world turned to  or-ange 
 
-4  5  -5   -5     5    -4    4 
And the room went spin-ning round.. 
 
 
 
 
 7   7   7 -6    7  -6  -8   7 
At the age of thir-ty   sev-en 
 
-5   6  6  6    6    -6   6  5 
She re-a-lised she'd nev-er ride 
 
 5       6   6  6  6 -6     6 
Through Par-is in a sports car 
 
 5   -5   6    6   -5  5   5 -4    
With the warm wind in her ha-ir.. 
 
 
 
 
 5 -5    6   6   6    6   -4    4 
So she let the phone keep ring-ing 
 
 7  7    7   -7   -7  -6 -6    6  
As she sat there soft-ly sing-ing 
 
 5  -5    5  -4   -4     5    -5   5 -4     
pret-ty nurs-ery  rhymes She'd mem-o- rised  
 
-4   5  -4   4    4  4    4 
In  her dad-dy's ea-sy chair 
 
 
 
 
 5   6   6     6   -6   6   5 
Her hus-band  he's off to work 
 
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And the kids are off   to school 
 
 5    6    6  -6  6  5 -4   4 
And there are oh so ma-ny  ways 
 
 4  -4 -4   5  -4   6 
For her to spend the day 
 
 
 
 
 5  -5     6      6   6    5  -6   6 
She could clean the house for hour-s 
 
 7  7 -7 -7   -6   -6   6 
Or re-ar-range the flow-ers 
 
 5  -5  5 -4  -4      5  -5   5  -4 
Or run na-ked down   the sha-dy street 
 
 7      7     7   -6   8 
Scream-ing  all  the  way 
 
 
 
 
 7   7  7 -6    7   -6  -8   7 
At the age of thir-ty-  sev-en 
 
-5   6  6  6    6    -6   6  5 
She re-a-lised she'd nev-er ride 
 
 5       6   6  6  6 -6     6 
Through Par-is in a sports car 
 
 5   -5   6    6   -5  5   5 -4    
With the warm wind in her ha-ir.. 
 
 
 
 
 5 -5    6   6   6    6   -4   4 
So she let the phone keep ring-ing 
 
 7    7    7   -7  -7  -6 -6    6  
And she sat there soft-ly sing-ing 
 
 5 -5    5  -4    -4     5    -5   5 -4     
pret-ty nurs-ery  rhymes She'd mem-o- rised  
 
-4   5   -4  4    4  4    4 
In  her dad-dy's ea-sy chair 
 
 
 
 
 
 5   6    6   6    6      -6   6 
The even-ing sun touched gent-ly 
 
 5   7    7   7  -7 -6  -6   6 
On the eyes  of Lu- cy Jor-dan 
 
-5  -5   6   6    6     6    6 
On the roof top where she climbed 
 
-5    5  -5    6   6   -5    5    5  -4 
When all the laugh-ter grew too   lou-d.. 
 
 
 
 
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And she bowed and curt-sied to the man 
 
 7     7     7  -7  -6   -6  6   -6  6 
Who reached and of-fered her his ha-nd 
 
 5  -5   5 -4   -4  -4   5   -5  -5    -4 
And he led her down to  the long white car 
 
 5   -5   -5   5  -4   4 
That wait-ed past the crowd.. 
 
 
 
 
 7  7    7 -6    7  -6  -8   7 
At the age of  thir-ty- sev-en 
 
 5   6    6     6     5  -6   6 
She knew she'd found for-ev-er 
 
 5  -5   6   6  6     6    -6  6 
As she rode a-long through Par-is 
 
 5   -5   6    6   -5   5  -4 
With the warm wind in her hair..

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