Almost Lucy    (video)

 

    Am ~ ~

 

     Am                                                 C

1. Lucy works a different club every day.

                                              G                   Dm                F

    and though she puts her mind to it, her heart is never in it.

             Am                                                      C

    She stays around just long enough to get paid,

                                   G                    Dm                      F

    she won’t pass the time with you, she can’t stay a minute.

 

            G                                               Am

    And all these changing faces never bothered her at all,

                      G                 F                      C                     G

    they just existed like a back drop or a pattern on the wall.

      G                                         Am

    Lucy is like someone who is waiting for a call,

             Em            Am          Em        Am           E

    she knows he’ll come, but no one else can hear at all.

 

+  Am ~

 

     Am                                                       C

2. Lucy finds the dressing room and the bar, 

                                         G                        Dm                          F

    hangs her clothes up, hopes tonight the contract won’t be broken.

                     Am                                                                 C

    Well, they kick you round so much when you’re not a star,

                                  G                    Dm               F

    make you play all night just for a pittance or a token.

 

           G                                            Am

    But all these imperfections never bothered her at all,

                       G                        F                            C                           G

 she says it sharpens your perception when your back’s against the wall.

                  G                                             Am

    There’s something that enables her to rise above it all,

            Em    Am         Em     Am                     E

    to shrug it off just when it seems to go too far.

 

 Am                                      G      - Am                               Em

Hey, hey, hey, I think you almost        feel the pain comin’ on inside,

Am                                    G      - Dm                                                  Em

hey, hey, hey, I think you almost       feel it now and you don’t know why,

                         Dm     - Am

you don’t know why.

 

+  instrumental = verse 2, lines 1 - to 4

 

            G                                                Am

+  The last time that I saw her she had given up the chase,

                    G              F                  C                    G

    moved away to California, got a suntan on her face.

             G                                            Am

    She said that life was just another time, another space,

          Em   Am         Em         Am                   E

    it’s over now, she learned a lot, it’s not a waste.

 

 Am                                      G      - Am                                Em

Hey, hey, hey, I think you almost         feel the pain comin’ on inside,

Am                                    G      - Dm                                                  Em

hey, hey, hey, I think you almost       feel it now and you don’t know why,

 

 Am                                      G     - Am                                   Em

Hey, hey, hey, I think you almost        feel yourself reaching out inside,

Am                                    G      - Dm                                                  Em

hey, hey, hey, I think you almost       feel it now and you don’t know why,

                         Dm     - Am

you don’t know why.

 

+  Am ~ ~

 

    (Al Stewart)