The Old Black Hen - Songs: Ohia
Tuning: , E A D G B E
This song's been out for a while, obviously,
but I just recently dug it back out to let it break my heart again and decided to learn it.
Couldn't find chords anywhere online, so I had to figure it out myself.
(way to let me down internet D: )
Intro:
Old black hen
is that you ag
ain
singing the ba
d luck lullaby
come right on
in cause it's
midnight again
time for the b
ad luck lullab
y
you know the o
ne it's the sa
me one you sun
g
when you wrote
down the reve
lation
now sing it ov
er the cradle
of the child w
ho's born next
the bad luck l
ullaby
leave all the
truth in so th
ey know what c
omes next
with the bad l
uck lullaby
leave in the t
rue love that
they'll never
find
show how they'
re looking for
it all of the
ir lives
when I saw the
banner hangin
g over my door
and heard the
bad luck lulla
by
I already knew
who the party
was for
the bad luck l
ullaby
and all of my
pain found a p
artner in that
room
and the Devils
tail swayed w
ith the tune
[instrumental verse, same chord progression as the others]
make that blac
k record roll
the tapes all
night long
the bad luck l
ullaby
make that blac
k record and w
e'll all sing
along
to the bad luc
k lullaby
look down the
long street an
d see who's th
at crying
tell them that
every day I l
ived I was try
ing
to sing the bl
ues the way I
find them