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[Verse 1]
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Old Black Hen, is that you again?
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Singing the Bad Luck Lullaby
D
Come right on in, it's midnight again
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Time for the Bad Luck Lullaby
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You know the one, it's the same one you sung
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  When you worked on the Revelation

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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Now sing it over the cradle of the child who's born next
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Bad Luck Lullaby
D
Leave all the truth in so they know what comes next
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With the Bad Luck Lullaby
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Leave in the true love they never find
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Show how they're looking for it all of their lives

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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When I saw the banner hanging over my door
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And heard the Bad Luck Lullaby
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I already knew who the party was for
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Bad Luck Lullaby
Em                     C
All of my pain found a partner in that room
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   And the devil's tail swayed with the tune

[Instrumental]
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[Instrumental Verse]
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[Verse 4]
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Make that Black Record roll the tapes all night long
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Bad Luck Lullaby
D
Make that Black Record and we'll all sing along
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To the Bad Luck Lullaby
Em
Look down the long street
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And see who's that crying
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Tell them that every day I lived
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I was trying   to sing the blues the way I find 'em

[Outro]
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