Lynda Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Dm][C][F][C][F]

[Verse 1]
[F]Linda's
[G]doctor [F]told [G]her
[Dm]things [D]were [C]bright right from the [Em]start
Her [Dm]baby due in January
[G]to warm her longing heart
But no [F]sooner had she chose the name
When [C]she heard that her child
could[Am]n't ever be the s[G]ame
As the ones in the street
with the nimble feet
[C]playing [F]out [C]her normal[G] par[F]ts
Her [G]doctor said later [C]tests [G]had
[C]led him to be[Em]lieve
[F]Things were far [Dm]more serious
than [G]first he had perceived
[F]He said her child could be deaf or blind
[C]with at least a definite de[Am]fect
of the [G]spine[Em][G]
And her friend said,
if the choice [Am]were mine,[C]
[F]I'd see you [C]were [F]relieved
Oh, Linda, your kin can't know
[C]the torture they put you through
Or [Em]else they'd [G]go [F]head
in [C]hands in shame
Our [F]hearts are true,
but in the wrong [C]place
You know [G]we'd nev[C]er
[Am]say to your face
Any[G]thing we [F]thought
would [C]cause you pain
[Am]Your [F]life is one long giving
[C]And we've learned to [Am]say
it's not [G]worth [Em]livin[G]g
And you say, [F]yeah,
go throw it [Am]all [F]agai[C]n[G][F][Am][F][Am][C][F]
To [G]Linda, in the [F]final [C]days,[G]
[C]that advice [Em]sounded good
[G]She [Dm]knew her friend meant well,
[F]but [Dm]take [G]a life she n[Em]ever c[G]ould
So her [F]boy was born on a winter's morn
[C]With a hole in his [G]back,
[C]an [Am]unholy crown of[G]
Still Linda smiled on her child [C]newborn
as [F]she had [C]sworn [F]she would
Her [G]doctor said there is no [Em]hope
[C]though I'll do what I [Em]can
[G]Linda [F]said as long as I'm[Dm] not dead
he'll [G]grow to be a man
[F]So with optimism and operation[C]s
and to [G]Linda's [Am]great expect
[Em]ation[G] s.[Dm][G]
Science saved the [Dm]situation
[C]to Mot[F]her Nat[C]ure's pla[Dm]n.[F]
And Linda, your kin can't know
[C]the torture they put you through,
or [G]else they'd go [F]head in
hand[C]s in shame.
Our [F]hearts are true,
but in the wrong [C]place
You know [G]we'd never
[Am]say to your face
[G]Anything we [F]thought
would [C]cause you pain
[Am]Your [C]lif[F]e is one long giving
[C]An d we'd then have [Am]to
say it's not [Em]worth [G]living
And you say you're go[F]ing through it [G]all[F]
[C]again[G][Dm][C][Am][Dm][Am][C][F]
Now Kev[G]in's almost [C]seventeen,
his old levels [Em]he's passed
[Am]His [F]mother's heart's a sto[Dm]rehouse
for the [G]pride that she's amassed
She [F]knew the going would be rough
but [C]because she's made of the
[Am]stuff that saints [G]are made [Dm]of
[G]She says she's been paid bac[F]k
with [G]enough [F]love,
her [G]life [F]to last
That [G]life is still a struggle
[Em]an d for a[C]ll it's plain to[Em] see
[G]How [F]she ever [Dm]copes
[F]remains a [G]mystery to [Em]me[G]
But [F]I know if we could be born again
[C]in a kindlier world [Am]of sober
men and [Em]wo m[G]en
Then like the person Linda is,
the [F]rest [C]of us [F]could be
I know if we could be born again
in a [C]kindlier world of
[Am]supermen and wo[G]men
Like the person [Dm]Linda is,
the rest of us would be [F]still
at least young
Kevin's grown to be less
handi[C]capped than me.

[Outro 1]
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