Leslie Anne Levine by The Decemberists

Intro

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Accordion Solo

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Verse 1

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                    My name is Leslie Anne Le-
                  
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                    vine 
                  
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                    My mother birthed me down a 
                  
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                    dry revine 
                  
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                    My mother birthed me 
                  
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                    far too 
                  
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                    soon
                  
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                    Born at nine and dead at noon 
                  
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Chorus 1

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                    Fifteen years gone now, I still wander this 
                  
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                    parapet
                  
                    And shake my rattle bone
                  
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                    Fifteen years gone now, I still cling to the 
                  
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                    petticoats
                  
                    Of the 
                  
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                    girl who 
                  
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                    died with me

Accordion Solo

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Verse 2

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                    On the roofs above the 
                  
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                    streets 
                  
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                    The only love I've known's a 
                  
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                    chimney sweep 
                  
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                    Lost and lodged in-
                  
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                    side a 
                  
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                    flue
                  
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                    Back in 1842 
                  
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Chorus 2

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                    Fifteen years gone now, I still wail from these 
                  
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                    catacombs
                  
                    And curse my mother's name
                  
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                    Fifteen years gone now, Still a wastrel 
                  
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                    mesallied
                  
                    Has 
                  
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                    brought this 
                  
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                    fate on me

Accordion Solo

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Verse 3

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                    My name is Leslie Anne Le-
                  
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                    vine      
                  
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                    And I've got no one left to 
                  
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                    mourn for me
                  
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                    My body lies in-
                  
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                    side its 
                  
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                    grave
                  
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                    In a ditch not far away 
                  
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Chorus 3

                    Asus2
                  
                    Fifteen years gone now, I still wander this 
                  
                    C#m
                  
                    parapet
                  
                    And shake my rattle bone
                  
                    Asus2
                  
                    Fifteen years gone now, I still cling to the 
                  
                    C#m
                  
                    petticoats
                  
                    Of the 
                  
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                    girl who 
                  
                    B7
                  
                    died with me

Outro