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[Verse 1]
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Rachel Racinda's small sister Melindas
    D           C          G
had come to the end of her rope
C          G/B       Am          G
trying and vying and sighing and crying
    C        D            G
and dying to meet the boy Hope


[Verse 2]
    C               G          D         G
but Melindas stayed firmly and tightly secure
C          G               D             G
inside her house where her life could be sure
    C            G/B        Am              G
the windows were bolted and doors they were locked
    C         G/B          C         D
and every day Hope came to visit and knocked
    G                      C        G
but Rachel Racinda's small sister Melindas
     D           C            G
made certain the entrance was blocked


[Verse 3]
    C            G          D             G
he couldn't come in and she wouldn't come out
   C          G            D               G
no matter how loudly she'd scream and he'd shout
    C              G/B           Am            G
the walls were too thick and the glass was too strong
    C           G/B          C           D
and even though both of them knew it was wrong
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Rachel Racinda's small sister Melindas
    D           C             G
had been in her house for too long


[Verse 4]
    C           G        D              G
she saw herself ugly and called herself dumb
    C             G          D              G
but Hope had seen beauty and brilliance and fun
    C             G         D           G
the world was too scary she wouldn't partake
    C              G           D            G
but Hope talked of what a fine leader she'd make
    C           G/B           Am           G
she lowered the shade and she fastened the curtain
    C          G/B       C          D
her future was scary and love was uncertain
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Rachel Racinda's small sister Melindas
     D           C            G
knew all she had known was at stake


[Verse 5]
   C          G               D              G
no matter how Hope begged her please to come out
    C          G             D           G
she valued her fears and she trusted her doubt
    C         G/B          Am       G
and soon even she couldn't open the lock
   C             G/B       Am            G
or break out the window of turn back the clock
   C             G/B        Am           G
or let Hope come inside and show her his care
    C             G/B        C            D
her house was too solid, her house was despair
    G                      C        G
And Rachel Racinda's small sister Melindas
     D           C               G
grew used to her life and stayed there


[Verse 6]
    C           G            D              G    G
she talked of adventure, but dreamed from inside
    C           G              D            G    G
and most of the days, well she slept or she cried
    C           G/B          C          D
and even though Hope and the others had tried
G                      C        G
Rachel Racinda's small sister Melindas
        D         C           G
learned early and well how to hide