The Shortest Story

STRUM C CHORD SLOWLY,  PLUCK C ON THE B STRING AND THEN OPEN G STRING TOGETHER 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;

  G       G          F
  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;

  G               G         F
  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;

  G                    G              Am
  why is there nothing now to do but die?