G
I think she wanted your affections
     C      D                        G C G C D
Well, at least that's what i've read
G
God knows the world is a cruel place
    C  D                     G   C G
When   beauty don't grace your head

Em
When your two legs withered
     C
She offered her caress
     G                G/F#
Her love deeper than warm springs
     Em
But Lucy got your best
     C     Cadd9 C           D         G C G C D
Yes, Eleanor    taking what she could get

[Verse 2]
G                               C
Surely love must have an object
        D             G  C G C D
When refused so many times
G
She gave hers to the orphans
     C                 D                  G C G
The weak, the starving, the sick and blind

             Em
Ah, but the credit it fell back on you
    C
You pinned her to your chest
     G                G/F#
Her love deeper than warm springs
    Em
But Lucy got your best
     C     Cadd9 C           D         G C G C D
Yes, Eleanor    taking what she could get

[Verse 3]
G                                                C
She knew about those seedy little business trips
           D                 G  C G C D
But she became your welcome mat
G
And I bet she could've used something from you
C                    D          G C G
Something more than a fireside chat

      Em
Hey, history's flesh and blood it seems
                   C
There're no more heroes waiting in the wings
     G                   G/F#          Em
But Franklin, she never loved you any less
C     Cadd9 C           D         G C G C D
Eleanor    taking what she could get

[Verse 4]
G
Now to those who wield great power
    C           D                G  C G C D
Popularity, vulgarity, and the sword
               G
You know those little molders of public opinion
            C                 D              G C G
Create the stuff of graffiti legend and folklore

             Em
We remember your profile and cigarette
              C
She's just a footnote in your text
     G               G/F#
Her love deep as the ocean
         Em
Ah, but Lucy got your best
C     Cadd9 C           D
Eleanor    taking what she could
C     Cadd9 C           D
Eleanor    taking what she could
C     Cadd9 C           D         G C G C D G
Eleanor    taking what she could get