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STRUM C CHORD SLOWLY
PLUCK C ON THE B STRING AND THE OPEN G STRING TOGETHOR THREE TIME

C         G      F                 G             em    (STRUM em
SLOWLY)
I am born today, the sun burns its promise in my eyes;

F       G              C      em         am
Mama strikes me and I draw a breath and cry.

F          G            C       em          am
Above me a cloud softly tumbles through the sky;

GG Piano Chord 
       GG Piano Chord 
          FF Piano Chord 

I am glad to be alive.

:G     FF Piano Chord 


C                 G   F            G           em (STRUM em SLOW)
It is me seventh day, I taste the hunger and I cry;

F               G     C       em      am
my brother and sister cling to Mama's side.

F                G                  C      em      am
She squeezes her breast, but it has nothing to provide;

GG Piano Chord 
               GG Piano Chord 
         FF Piano Chord 

someone weeps, I fall asleep.

:G    FF Piano Chord 


C                 G      F             G          em  (STRUM)
It is twenty days today, Mama does not hold me anymore;

F         G            C  em        am
I open my mouth but I am too weak to cry.

F          G            C     em         am
Above me a bird slowly crawls across the sky;

GG Piano Chord 
                    GG Piano Chord 
              am
why is there nothing now to do but die?