Intro
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Verse 1
 
Lucy Ann’s been lying in bed 
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I  ain’t heard a single word she said 'cause the TV’s on 
 
Ol’  Smokey is losing again 
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It’s when she really got to carrying on 
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Voices ringing down the trailer walls 
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Got  me shaking so bad, how’s it gonna be when you’re gone 
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Woah,  did you ever really love me at all? 
 
Chorus
             E                        A 
And I said, "Lucy, darling, don’t you cry" 
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Hundred  dollar bill, that old prison cell couldn’t hold me even if they tried 
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16 years, bucket of tears gone before the blink of an eye 
      A                    E          D 
And I promised not to tell her no more lies 
 
So if she asks 
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Then  the warden of Marshall County is a dear old friend of mine 
 
*Short Break 4 Count* 
 
Verse 2
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I’ve been running on a pack a day 
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Lining cigarettes with crack cocaine 
 
            D                                      A 
Has finally broken me down, stranded in a terrible state 
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I’ve been collected by the boys in blue 
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All the while I was thinking of you 
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Sitting alone, staring at the evening news 
     D                                     A 
Woah, watching stories of the dazed and confused 
 
Chorus
            E                         A 
So I said, "Lucy, darling, don’t you cry" 
 D                                                 A 
Hundred dollar bill, that old prison cell couldn’t hold me even if they tried 
D                             A                             D 
16 years, bucket of tears gone before the end of the night 
      A                    E          D 
And I promised not to tell her no more lies 
 
So if she asks 
            A                            E                A 
Then the warden of Marshall County is a dear old friend of mine 
 
Come on light ‘em up 
 
F#m D A x2 
E F#m D A x2 
 
Outro
A 
Lucy Ann’s been lying in bed 
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And I ain’t heard a single word she said 
 
           D                                  A 
'Cause the TV’s on, Ol’ Smokey is losing again 
D            A 
Hmm-mmm-mmm, hmm-mmm-mmm 
D            A 
Hmm-mmm-mmm, hmm-mmm-mmm 
D            A 
Hmm-mmm-mmm, hmm-mmm-mmm 
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Hmm-mmm-mmm, hmm-mmm-mmm