Key: A major
Intro 1
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Bm
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Verse 1
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to see about a job
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before we all could leave
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So I thought I'd take a walk
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Thinking I had a quarter
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in the corner of my jeans
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I ordered coffee in a small cafe
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not a penny could I find
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And when they brought the bill,
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came and sat down next to me
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From her coat, she took a dollar bill
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She said, I'll buy you coffee,
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boy I've been down and out myself
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Oh, and by the way,
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they call me Daisy Hill
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your velvet eyes are burnin' in my mind
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Your quiet lips are smilin' at me still
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Oh, I know you could
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never love the likes of me
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For you're too much of a lady,
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Daisy Hill
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But I found myself a job
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Loading trucks, I earned a meagre wage
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I took a shabby room
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I bought a week at fifty cents a day
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Bm
Every day at four o 'clock
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I'd find my weary feet
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And I'd sit a while and
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pass the time of day
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and I drew my first week's pay
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I gave her that first U -Double bill
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All the while my mind was thinking
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things I'd really like to say
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For I surely love the lady Daisy Hill
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your vel vet eyes are burn
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ing in my mind
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Your quiet lips are smiling at me still
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Oh, I know that you could
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never love the likes of me
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For you're too much of a
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Lady Daisy hill
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And I found a strange new street
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Halfway down I burned a scarlet light
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the music and the noise
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When a faint familiar voice
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Bm
I stood before an open door
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and stared in disbelief
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At a painted face that held my daisy's eyes
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Saying, look again,
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for surely I'se you've
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and he stumbled on the stairs
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D
and held him still
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I said, who is the dark -haired girl
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who wears the brocade gown?
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And he said, why that's the hooker,
Daisy Hill
Daisy Hill, your velvet eyes
are burning in my mind
Your quiet lips are smiling at me still
It hurts to know you waste your life
behind those scarlet lights
For you're too much of a lady,
Daisy Hill
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Daisy Hill, your velvet eyes
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Your quiet lips are smiling at me still
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Bm
It hurts to know you'd your life
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behind those scarlet lights
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For you're too much of a lady,
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Daisy Hill you
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