Sweet Lorraine Chords by Patty Griffin

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[Bb] Sweet Lorraine, [Eb] a fiery _ [F] heroine, brown-eyed schemer, who [Bb] came from a [Eb] long _ [F] line of _ drinkers
and dreamers, [Bb] who knew their [Gm] sunshine _ [F] don't hold up in dark, whose [Bb] businesses _ _ [Eb] fell, who _
[F] _ sleep in the park, _ [Bb] _
Lorraine who _ [Eb] spoke of [F] _ _ paintings and parodies _ [Bb] and _ outlandish [Eb] 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 at [F] the thought, _ _
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Lorraine, _ _ _ _ sweet [Bb] _ Lorraine, _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ her [Bb] _
father would [Eb] tear out [F] like a page of a bible
and [Bb] he burned down the [Eb] house [Gm] to [F] announce his arrival, her [Bb] _
mother was _ [Eb] working and _ [F]
never was home
[Bb] _ Lorraine carved [Eb] out a little [F] life of her own, _ [Bb] Lorraine started [Eb] working, _ _ [F] Lorraine went to school
her [Bb] mother threw [Eb] stones at her [F] on the day that she moved, well [Bb] now isn't that [Eb] a very strange
_ [F] _ thing to do, _ _ [Eb] _ _ someone who never [Bb] really _ wanted [F] _ you, _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ Lorraine, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sweet [Bb] _ Lorraine, _
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_ _ _ [Cm] her daddy calls her [Eb] a stud and a whore on [Bb] the night before, _ hey, [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ every next morning
[Eb] at _ the church where [F] her daddy gave _ _ the [Eb] _ rain away, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Lorraine, _ _ _ _ sweet
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[Bb] _ Lorraine, _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ in [Bb] the battle of [Gm] time,
in the [F] battle of will, oh, [Bb] is only [Gm] hope and _ [F]
heart that gets killed and it [Bb] gets the harder,
the [Gm] harder Lorraine's [F] _
believe in magic,
[Eb] came _ _ _ before you with [Bb] a soul very [F] tragic, _ _ _ _ [Eb] Lorraine,
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_ _ _ _ [Bb] sweet Lorraine, _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Bb] sweet Lorraine, _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] Lorraine, _ _ _ _ [Bb] sweet _ Lorraine, _
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_ sweet [Bb] Lorraine, _ _ [Eb] _
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sweet [Bb] _ Lorraine,
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