Randy Newman

Lucinda(Cavaco chords)

Randy Newman

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Intro | C F/C C F/C | % | 

Verse 1:

C F/C C F/C We met one summer evening C F/C C F/C As the sun was going down C F/C C F/C She was lying on the beach C F/C C F/C In her graduation gown F7 Bb/F F7 Bb/F She was wrapped up in a blanket F7 Bb/F F7 Bb/F (I could tell she knew her way around) (Instrumental) | C F/C C F/C | % | G7 C/G G7 C/G And as I lay down beside her G7 C/G G7 C/G | C F/C C F/C | % | You know she never made a sound

Verse 2:

C F/C C F/C On down the beach C F/C C F/C Came the beach-cleaning man C F/C C F/C Scoopin' up paper C F/C C F/C And flattening down the sand F7 Bb/F F7 Bb/F F7 Bb/F F7 Bb/F C 'Lucinda, Lucinda, Lucinda ... we've got to run away (Instrumental) | C F/C C F/C | % | G7 C/G G7 C/G That big white truck is closin' in G7 C/G G7 C/G | C F/C C F/C | % | And we'll get wounded if we stay'

Verse 3:

C F/C C F/C Now Lucinda lies buried C F/C C F/C 'Neath the California sand C F/C C F/C Put under C F/C C F/C By the beach-cleaning man F7 Bb/F F7 Bb/F F7 Bb/F F7 Bb/F C Lucinda, Lucinda, Lucinda - why'd you have to go? (Instrumental) | C F/C C F/C | % | G7 N.C. Well, they sent her to high school G7 N.C. They sent her to low school G7 N.C. C She just wouldn't go no further
Outro | C F/C C F/C | % | (repeat and fade out)

Written by Randy Newman

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