Lake Placid Blues 

Tony Joe White

{Needs a work-trough}
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[A]At the time I was [G]too young for the [A]men
But [A]it’s become much [G]clearer through the [A]years
[A]We gathered [G]round the boy in his [D]army clothes
Said good[C]bye and his [G]mother shed her [A]tears
[A]Every day she [G]watched for the [A]postman
But the [A]long awaited [G]letter was over[A]due
[A]It’s not the [G]silence that [D]makes you crazy
It’s the [C]sound of a [G]heart breaking in [A]two
[C]Then it [G]came across the [A]ocean
It was [C]hard to under[G]stand the awful [A]news
[C]I don’t know [G]why I still re[A]member
I [C]guess it’s just the [G]Lake Placid [A]Blues [A][G]

[A]I turned 18 and [G]left that part of the [A]country
[A]Went down on the [G]Padre Island [A]coast
[A]Of all the [G]hard times I [D]still remember
The repos[C]session of the [G]guitar hurt the [A]most
I [A]often stood in [G]line outside the [A]mission
And I [A]huddled there be[G]side them in the [A]rain
[A] A priest came [G]to the door with [D]empty eyes
I could [C]see he no [G]longer felt their [A]pain
[C]Some were [G]searchin’ for for[A]giveness
And [C]others [G]only wanted [A]food
I [C]needed [G]more than I could [A]ask for
There is no [C]comfort with the [G]Lake Placid ABlues

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[A]It’s hard to find good [G]friends in a [A]lifetime
[A]You can usually [G]count ’em on one [A]hand
I [A]shivered [G]by the fire and the [D]dawn was breakin’
And I [C]scattered his [G]ashes on the [A]sand
And the [G]silver cranes came [D]over in [A]formation
[G]In a sacred [D]manner they [A]flew
[G]And I will [D]always re[A]member
The [C]sky, [G]the Lake Placid [A]Blues

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[C] [G]Lake Placid [A]Blues

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[C] [G]Lake Placid [A]Blues