INTRO: Am G Am
Small town [C]stars shine [G]bright for a [Am]day
The moon [C]lights up a [G]watery [Am]grave[G]
Woods move in the [C]night time [G]breeze
That [C]lifts from the [E7]lake through the [Am]trees
On the [C]night that de[G]fined my [Am]name
Fanta[C]sy or [G]monster, you [Am]say[G]
Watched my boys ride the [C]incline [G]down
[C]All for a [E7]paper [Am]gown[C]
CHORUS:
Long ago I [G]used to be[C]
A little girl on my [F]daddy's knee[C]
Dreams lie like [G]diamond rings
[Am]Babies and [E]pretty [Am]things[C][G][Am]
I watched my [C]car sink [G]silent[Am]ly
My lover's [C]sweatshirt [G]wrapped a[Am]round me[G]
On a black man, I [C]blamed the [G]crime
With [C]moans and [E7]screams and [Am]cries
Then I [C]waited for [G]him to [Am]call
My ready-made [C]family [G]gone after [Am]all[G]
While the world mourned an [C]ali[G]bi
[C]My hopes be[E7]gan to [Am]die[C]
CHORUS:
Long ago I [G]used to be[C]
A little girl on my [F]daddy's knee[C]
Dreams lie like [G]diamond rings
[Am]Babies and [E]pretty [Am]things[C][G][Am]
BRIDGE:
[F]Day by [Am]day
All the [G]promises faded a[Am]way
[F]No one but [C]me
Con[Dm]trols my dest[E7]iny_[Am]__
INSTRUMENTAL: C G Am C G Am C G Am G Am
The sheriff [C]sat me [G]down to [Am]pray
At the First Baptist [C]Church [G]on the [Am]ninth day[G]
'Susan, make your [C]conscience [G]clean'
'Sheriff, [C]I've done a [E7]terrible [Am]thing'
I con[C]fessed that, [G]for love's [Am]sake
I drowned my [C]children in [G]John D. [Am]Long Lake[G]
They're with Jesus, [C]looking [G]down
At [C]me in this [E7]paper [Am]gown[C]
CHORUS:
Long ago I [G]used to be[C]
A little girl on my [F]daddy's knee[C]
Dreams lie like [G]diamond rings
[Am]Babies and [E]pretty [Am]things[C]
CHORUS:
Long ago I [G]used to be[C]
A little girl with [F]dreams I believed[C]
Dreams lie like [G]diamond rings
[Am]Babies and [E]pretty [Am]things [C] [G] [D] [Am][E][Am]
Small town [C]stars shine [G]bright for a [Am]day
The moon [C]lights up a [G]watery [Am]grave[G]
Woods move in the [C]night time [G]breeze
That [C]lifts from the [E7]lake through the [Am]trees
On the [C]night that de[G]fined my [Am]name
Fanta[C]sy or [G]monster, you [Am]say[G]
Watched my boys ride the [C]incline [G]down
[C]All for a [E7]paper [Am]gown[C]
CHORUS:
Long ago I [G]used to be[C]
A little girl on my [F]daddy's knee[C]
Dreams lie like [G]diamond rings
[Am]Babies and [E]pretty [Am]things[C][G][Am]
I watched my [C]car sink [G]silent[Am]ly
My lover's [C]sweatshirt [G]wrapped a[Am]round me[G]
On a black man, I [C]blamed the [G]crime
With [C]moans and [E7]screams and [Am]cries
Then I [C]waited for [G]him to [Am]call
My ready-made [C]family [G]gone after [Am]all[G]
While the world mourned an [C]ali[G]bi
[C]My hopes be[E7]gan to [Am]die[C]
CHORUS:
Long ago I [G]used to be[C]
A little girl on my [F]daddy's knee[C]
Dreams lie like [G]diamond rings
[Am]Babies and [E]pretty [Am]things[C][G][Am]
BRIDGE:
[F]Day by [Am]day
All the [G]promises faded a[Am]way
[F]No one but [C]me
Con[Dm]trols my dest[E7]iny_[Am]__
INSTRUMENTAL: C G Am C G Am C G Am G Am
The sheriff [C]sat me [G]down to [Am]pray
At the First Baptist [C]Church [G]on the [Am]ninth day[G]
'Susan, make your [C]conscience [G]clean'
'Sheriff, [C]I've done a [E7]terrible [Am]thing'
I con[C]fessed that, [G]for love's [Am]sake
I drowned my [C]children in [G]John D. [Am]Long Lake[G]
They're with Jesus, [C]looking [G]down
At [C]me in this [E7]paper [Am]gown[C]
CHORUS:
Long ago I [G]used to be[C]
A little girl on my [F]daddy's knee[C]
Dreams lie like [G]diamond rings
[Am]Babies and [E]pretty [Am]things[C]
CHORUS:
Long ago I [G]used to be[C]
A little girl with [F]dreams I believed[C]
Dreams lie like [G]diamond rings
[Am]Babies and [E]pretty [Am]things [C] [G] [D] [Am][E][Am]
