Lucinda

Updated : removed chord diagrams added to third line 2012 Updated : jolov1 is spot on the B7 sounds way better           thanks and sorry it took me so long to get around           to changing it                                Dec 2013 Updated : Thanks to jfcarter put your CAPO on the FIRST FRET                                                          Feb 2016 Updated : Added Am7 chord to each Verse Added Chord fingerings           also moved some chords to correct positions. The song           is in the Key of A#m but with the CAPO on the 1st FRET           that’s just plain old Am.           Sheeesh I’m still updating this tab from six years ago!!           I need to get out more.   As always hope you enjoy and don’t forget to RATE this tab.                                                          flatwound  Am = X02210 Am7 = X02010   E = 022100   C = X32010  Dm = XX0231  B7 = X21202              LUCINDA         **CAPO 1st FRET** Well they call me William The Pleaser I sold opium fireworks and lead Now I’m telling my troubles to strangers When the shadows get long I’ll be dead Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar Skin was as white as a cuttlefish bone I left Texas to follow Lucinda Now I’ll never see heaven or home I made a wish on a sliver of moonlight A sly grin and a bowl full of stars Like a kid who captures a firefly And leaves it only to die in the jar As I kick at the clouds at my hanging As I swing out over the crowd I will search every face for Lucinda’s And she will go off with me down to hell I thought I’d broke loose of Lucinda The rain returned and so did the wind I cast this burden on the God that’s within me I will leave this old world and go free The devil dances inside empty pockets But she did’nt want money or pearls No that wasn’t enough for Lucinda She wasn’t that kind of girl Now I’ve fallen from grace for Lucinda Whoever thought that Hell’d be so cold I did well for an old tin can sailor But she wanted the bell in my soul I’ve spoken to God on the mountain And I’ve swam in the Irish sea I ate fire and drank from the Ganges And I’ll beg there for mercy for me I thought I’d broke loose of Lucinda The rain returned and so did the wind I was standing outside the Whitehorse Oh But I was afraid to go in I heard someone pull the trigger Her breasts heaved in the moonlight again There was a smear of gold in the window And then I was the jewel of her sin They call me William The Pleaser I sold opium fireworks and lead Now I’m telling my troubles to strangers When the shadows get long I’ll be dead Now her hair was as black as a bucket of tar Skin was as white as a cuttlefish bone I left Texas to follow Lucinda Now I’ll never see heaven or home No I’ll never see heaven or home No I’ll never see heaven or home