Intro: Am  G  Am   

           C           G            Am 
Small town stars shine bright for a day 
         C           G      Am      G 
The moon lights up a watery grave 
                  C          G 
Woods move in the night time breeze 
     C              E7               Am 
That lifts from the lake through the trees 


       C            G        Am 
On the night that defined my name 
     C     G            Am   G 
Fantasy or monster, you say 
                         C       G 
Watched my boys ride the incline down 
C         E7    Am      C 
All for a paper gown 



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           G           C 
Long ago I used to be 
                    F             C 
A little girl on my daddy's knee 
                G 
Dreams lie like diamond rings 
Am         E      Am       C  G  Am 
Babies and pretty things 


             C        G     Am 
I watched my car sink silently 
           C          G        Am        G 
My lover's sweatshirt wrapped around me 
                  C          G 
On a black man, I blamed the crime 
     C         E7          Am    
With moans and screams and cries 


       C          G      Am 
Then I waited for him to call 
              C      G          Am    G 
My ready-made family gone after all 
                           C  G 
While the world mourned an alibi 
C          E7     Am    C 
My hopes began to die 



[Refrão]

           G           C 
Long ago I used to be 
                    F             C 
A little girl on my daddy's knee 
                G 
Dreams lie like diamond rings 
Am         E      Am       C  G  Am 
Babies and pretty things 


Bridge:
 
F      Am 
Day by day 
        G               Am 
All the promises faded away 
F          C 
No one but me 
   Dm           E7  Am 
Controls my destiny___ 


Instrumental: C  G  Am   C  G  Am   C  G  Am  G    Am 


            C      G       Am 
The sheriff sat me down to pray 
                     C      G      Am         G 
At the First Baptist Church on the ninth day 
                  C          G 
’Susan, make your conscience cleanâ? 
          C           E7       Am     
’Sheriff, I've done a terrible thingâ? 


     C            G          Am 
I confessed that, for love's sake 
             C           G       Am         G 
I drowned my children in John D. Long Lake 
                    C       G 
They're with Jesus, looking down 
   C          E7    Am    C 
At me in this paper gown 



[Refrão]
 
           G           C 
Long ago I used to be 
                    F             C 
A little girl on my daddy's knee 
                G 
Dreams lie like diamond rings 
Am         E      Am       C  
Babies and pretty things 

           G           C 
Long ago I used to be 
                   F                  C 
A little girl with dreams I believed 
                G 
Dreams lie like diamond rings 
Am         E      Am       C  G  D  Am  E  Am 
Babies and pretty things