PERCY JONES

Lyrics & Chords

by Justine Lucas

INTRO: C Dm, G F C x2 (guitar)

Guitar picking melody:

E ------------------------------------------------

B ---3--1-3--1---------------------------------

G ---------------2--0-2--0---------------------

D ----------------------------2--0--------------

A -----------------------------------3-----------

E ------------------------------------------------

VERSE 1:

C C Dm

She met him on a plane

G F C

Head in his hands

C C Dm

Flying south over Chelsea Lake

G F C

He was a real gone man

She pulled him up out of a hole

He helped her feet meet the ground

But time reversed the poles

And he lost anchor while she drowned

CHORUS:

C Dm

Don’t wait for her

G F C

Percy Jones, she’s gone

C Dm

Don’t wait for her

G F C

Percy Jones, she’s gone

They built a house on a hill

Long days and warm nights

With just enough rice to fill

Wrong ways and cold fights

BRIDGE:

Dm G

And she’s just a kid

C F

She don’t know what is right

Dm G

And he’s just a kid

C F

He don’t know how to put down the fight

Bb G

How to put down the fight

His voice brings her home

But his voice puts her fire out

And all the love in the world

Only equates to a drop of doubt

She knows where she wants to go

And she knows he can’t come with

Their love was like a fairy tale

But it was not a myth

CHORUS:

Don’t wait for her

Percy Jones, she’s gone

Don’t wait for her

Percy Jones, she’s gone

Don’t wait for her

Percy Jones, she’s gone

Don’t wait for her

Percy Jones, she’s gone

… she’s gone

WILD RIDER

Lyrics & Chords

by Justine Lucas

INTRO: C C F-C, C C Am F, F C, C C (guitar)

VERSE 1:

C F C
Asleep in the stable

C Am F
Wax on the table

F C
And tools at his ankles

Forged in the fire
Letters in iron
The scar-bearing rider

And up with the sunrise
He unveils his eyes
The world at his side

CHORUS:

F
In the sea of strangers

C
She searches among them

Am F G
Seeing his face in everyone beside her

Dm
In the sea of performers

C
She searches among them

Am F C
For the wild -- rider

VERSE 2:

He put on her shoes for her
Unbraided her hair
Walked her down to the fair

In the heat of the spot-light
Blue shadows on white
She was a sight

And higher the sun rose
He gave her water from a garden hose
And kissed her wet nose

(CHORUS)

In the sea of strangers
She searches among them
Seeing his face in everyone beside her
In the sea of performers
She searches among them
For the wild rider

INSTRUMENTAL:

C C F-C, C C Am F, F C, C C  (guitar & violin or harmonica)

VERSE 3:

He took off her shoes for her
And he braided her hair
Another day at the fair

He watched her round ribs rise
Like a barrel of wine
Deep heavy sighs

He hung up her saddle
Finished the handle
And blew out the candle

VERSE 4 (Verse 1 repeat):

Asleep in the stable
Wax on the table
And tools at his ankles...

(CHORUS)

In the sea of strangers
She searches among them
Seeing his face in everyone beside her
In the sea of performers
She searches among them

For the wild rider x7

For the wild ---