The Shortest Story Chords by Harry Chapin

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_ _ I am [G] born today.
_ The sun burns a promise [Em] in my eye. _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] Mama strikes me [C] and I draw [Em] a [Am] breath and cry.
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[F] Above me [G] a cloud [C] softly [Em] tumbles through [Am] the sky.
I [G] am glad _ to _ [F] be alive. _ _ _ _ _
[C] It _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
[C] is my seventh [G] day. _ _
[F] _ I [G] taste the hunger _ [Em] and I cry. _ _ _ _
[F] My brother _ [G] and sister _ _
[C] cling [G] to [Am] Mama's side.
She [F] _ squeezes [G] her breast but it [C] has [G] nothing to [Am] provide. _
[G] Someone _ _ weeps, [C] I fall [F] _ asleep.
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[C] It is twenty [G] days today. _
[F] _ Mama does [G] not hold me _
[Em] anymore.
_ _ I _ _
[F] _ open [G] my mouth [C] but I am [G] too [Am] weak to cry.
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[F] Above me [G] a bird [C] slowly [G] crawls across [Am] the sky.
Why [G] is there nothing _ now to do but [Am] lie? _ _ _
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