Tony Joe White - Lake Placid Blues

Am (x02210@1)              G (320003@1)                AmAt (x02210@1)the time I was too young for the meaning
Am (x02210@1)                  G (320003@1)                Am (x02210@1)But it's become much clearer through the years
Am (x02210@1)          G (320003@1)                 FWe (133211@1)gathered round the boy in his army clothes
         Dm (xx0231@1)         Em (022000@1)            AmSaid (x02210@1)goodbye and his mother shed her tears

Am (x02210@1)           G (320003@1)             AmEvery (x02210@1)day she watched for the postman
Am (x02210@1)                  G (320003@1)           AmBut (x02210@1)the long awaited letter was over due
Am (x02210@1)          G (320003@1)           F (133211@1)It's not the silence that makes you crazy
          Dm (xx0231@1)       Em (022000@1)             AmIt's (x02210@1)the sound of a heart breaking in two

F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)           AmThen (x02210@1)it came across the ocean
       F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)             AmIt (x02210@1)was hard to understand the awful news
F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)           AmI (x02210@1)don't know why I still remember
   Dm (xx0231@1)               Em (022000@1)        AmI (x02210@1)guess it's just the Lake Placid Blues

I turned 18 and left that part of the country
Went down on the Padre Island coast
Of all the hard times I still remember
The repossession of the guitar hurt the most

The paupers stood in line outside the mission
And I huddled there beside them in the rain
A priest came to the door with empty eyes
I could see he no longer felt their pain

Some were searchin' for forgiveness
And others only wanted food
I needed more than I could ask for
There is no comfort with the Lake Placid Blues

It's hard to find good friends in a lifetime
You can usually count 'em on one hand
I shivered by the fire and the dawn was breakin'
And I scattered his ashes on the sand

And the silver cranes came over in formation
In a sacred manner they flew
And I will always remember
The sky, the Lake Placid Blues