The Shortest Story

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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 03:48:34 -0800
From: Jed <[email protected]>
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


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SLOWLY)[/tab]
I am born today, the sun burns its promise in my eyes;

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Mama strikes me and I draw a breath and cry.[/tab]

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Above me a cloud softly tumbles through the sky;[/tab]

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I am glad to be alive.[/tab]


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[tab] (STRUM SLOW)
It is me seventh day, I taste the hunger and I cry;[/tab]

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my brother and sister cling to Mama s side.[/tab]

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She squeezes her breast, but it has nothing to provide;[/tab]

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someone weeps, I fall asleep.[/tab]


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[tab] (STRUM)
It is twenty days today, Mama does not hold me anymore;[/tab]

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I open my mouth but I am too weak to cry.[/tab]

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Above me a bird slowly crawls across the sky;[/tab]

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why is there nothing now to do but die?[/tab]