#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 03:48:34 -0800 From: Jed Subject: The Shortest Story by Harry Chapin LISTEN TO THE SONG ON "GREATEST SONGS LIVE" TO UNDESTAND. STRUM C CHORD SLOWLY PLUCK C ON THE B STRING AND THE OPEN G STRING TOGETHOR THREE TIME C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) em (STRUM em SLOWLY) I am born today, the sun burns its promise in my eyes; F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) em am Mama strikes me and I draw a breath and cry. F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) em am Above me a cloud softly tumbles through the sky; G (320003@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1)I am glad to be alive. >G F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) em (STRUM em SLOW) It is me seventh day, I taste the hunger and I cry; F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) em am my brother and sister cling to Mama's side. F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) em am She squeezes her breast, but it has nothing to provide; G (320003@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1)someone weeps, I fall asleep. >G F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) em (STRUM) It is twenty days today, Mama does not hold me anymore; F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)em am I open my mouth but I am too weak to cry. F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) em am Above me a bird slowly crawls across the sky; G (320003@1) G (320003@1) am why is there nothing now to do but die?
