Lucas marsh chords by Lee conway

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I returned to the scenes of my childhood,
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but the
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Applewood sidewalks
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were strange.
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There were no friendly faces to greet me,
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and  even the street names were changed.
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Someone had built it, a statue, down by
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Memorial
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Arch.
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And I looked at the fading inscription
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And I said,
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who the hell's
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Marsh?
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Then a crusty old hand
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touched my shoulder
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And the voice said,
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you're new in this town
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Mr.
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Marsh was the applewood savior, I  know,
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because I helped put him down.
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He was only a crackerbox hero, and he and
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Bess ran the store.
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Bess was his life and he loved her
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And we all beat a pad to their door
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We bought them our
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joys and our sadness
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Our births and our deaths and our fears
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And   while
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Luke showed the world to our children
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Bess did her best with their tears
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And when the boys traded
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dyin' for freedom
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And the town waited cryin' alone
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Luke did is cryin' with parcels
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To try and make war seem like home
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Bess closed her life on a
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Sunday, and he buried her
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Tuesday at four,
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with only the
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parson beside him,
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and  he never reopened  the store.
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Then some kids found six germs on the doorstep,
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and somebody busted the door, and they forged
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through the gas till they found him lying dead on his living room floor,
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and the note
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That hit scrawl and said, forgive me
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But I just couldn't take any more
I know old
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Bess wouldn't have
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liked me to help you
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So I'll leave you the
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Applewood store
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Someone had built it, a statue
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Down by
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Memorial
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Arch
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And I looked at the fading inscription
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And I said,
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Who the hell's
Lucas
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Marsh?
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You
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