He Loves Lucy chords by Burl Ives

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Verse 1
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He said woe to that old mule
that pulled the plow
Looked poor at the house
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and wiped his sweaty brow
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And he wondered how she'd
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like the shutters black
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Cause he reckoned any day now
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Lucy might be coming back
It was seven years ago she walked away
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In all that time he hasn't missed a day
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Of watchin' for the greyhound to go by
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And when it does he hangs
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his head and cries
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Oh, she loves Lucy,
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and Lucy loves life
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She'd rather be a rich man's darling
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than a farmer's wife
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And every evening he still waters her lilacs
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She told him she was leaving,
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didn't say when she
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was coming back
Two years ago his back
didn't stoop as low
And it didn't all come from
fightin' the gooseneck hoe
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All the cleared new ground
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is covered now with
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Because he hadn't had a
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good night's sleep
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since he lay in her arms
Year by year he's weathered
like the barn
Because he lost more than
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the battle with
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He told her when she left he understood
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And he figures any day now
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she'll finally get it out of her blood
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Lord, he loves Lucy,
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and Lucy loves life
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She'd rather be a rich man's darling
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than a farmer's wife
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And every evening he
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still waters her lilacs
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She just told him she was leavin',
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didn't say she wasn't
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comin' back you