Key: F
Introduction: Gm Bb F Bb F Bb
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Melody was twenty-one
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She made it to the stage
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She could have been just anyone
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That's a magic age
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Relationships, relationships
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Take where you are
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You could get a golden thread - or you could fall apart
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Well when Melody lost heart she said
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I want to ride the Lordy Boxcar baby
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I want a way to get to heaven, deity
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I want to work to make the maker save me
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I want to ride the Lordy Boxcar baby!
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Melody turned thirty-three
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Stuck inside a shell
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She never even noticed me
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I guess it's just as well
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I tried to do what people do
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I gave her all my cards
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She wouldn't let me see it through
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Tethered to her guard - she just lit her lucky stars and blew
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I want to ride the Lordy Boxcar baby
D F C G
I want a way to get to heaven, deity
D F C G
I want to work to make the maker save me
D F C
I want to ride the Lordy Boxcar baby!
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Melody I wish you well
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On your lonely course
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All your friends are going to hell
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No need to show remorse
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In the end it's all the same
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We all write the same lines
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You can put yourself in chains
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Or ride upon the vines
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Because we make up our minds