Intro: G (play primarily the bottom three strings, and then once he does a little
sweep of the top strings, just listen).
G
I knew a woman once
Am
giving birth to kittens and mice
C Em
And as you know, with their eating habbits
C D
Those poor mice had to die
G
So the kittens were born
Am
full of their brothers and sisters
C Em
And they were punished swiftly
C D
though they did not know why
Em C G
They thought they were food
Em C G
they did not know what they'd done
G
And I was a person once
Am
sending off unread letters
C Em
receiving no reply
C D
never bothering asking why
G
I had a heart once
Am
full of fire and passion
C Em C D
but the summer took it away from me
Em C G
And autumn has come to retrieve it
Em C G
Autumn has come to retrieve it
G
And I was a man once
Am
When I was six years old
C Em
but now I am just a boy
C D
pretentious and brash and bold
G
The kittens were murdered
Am
thrown into burlap sacks
C Em
and weighted down with rocks
C D
in a river deep and black
Em C G
And th - ey went to Heaven.
Em C G
Th - ey went to Heaven.
*End*
*Brief Note* In the beginning of each verse, when you go from G to Am, then to C
(I knew a woman once...and as you know), during that jump from the Am to the C, the
bass plays A - B - C. Listening closely to the recording, you can make it out.
If you don't have a bass player and would like to imitate that sound, place a
A
C/B chord (a C chord with C in the bass in between Am and C, right before C.
That's all.
