The shortest story

Harry Chapin

 GGF
 I am glad to be alive.

>G F

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;

 GGF
 someone weeps, I fall asleep.

>G F

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;

 GGam
 why is there nothing now to do but die?












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