Biography:
Harry Chapin (December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer and songwriter. Chapin's debut album, Heads and Tales (1972), was a success thanks to the single "Taxi". His follow-up album, Sniper and Other Love Songs, was less successful; but his third, Short Stories, was a major success. Verities & Balderdash, released soon after, was even more successful, bolstered by the chart-topping hit single "Cat's in the Cradle". He also wrote and performed a Broadway musical, The Night That Made America Famous.
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Other songs:
- Cats In The Cradle
- Circle
- Dreams Go By
- Tangled Up Puppet
- Cat’s In The Cradle
- 30000 Pounds Of Bananas
- A Better Place To Be
- A Better Place To Be Version 2
- All My Lifes A Circle
- Any Old Kind Of Day
- Better Place To Be
- Copper
- Coreys Coming
- Coreys Coming Long
- Could You Put Your Light On Please
- Flowers Are Red
- I Wanna Learn A Love Song
- I Wonder What Happened To Him
- I Wonder What Would Happen To This World
- Jenny
- Last Of The Protest Singers
- Last Stand
- Let Time Go Lightly
- Mail Order Annie
- Mr Tanner
- November Rains
- Old Folkie
- Poor Damned Fool
- Remember When The Music
- Saturday Morning
- Sequel
- She Is Always Seventeen
- Shooting Star
- Six String Orchestra
- Story Of A Life
- Stranger With The Melodies
- Sunday Morning Sunshine
- Taxi
- The Rock
- The Shortest Story
- What Made America Famous
- Wold
- You Are The Only Song
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Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 03:48:34 -0800
From: Jed
Subject: The Shortest Story by Harry Chapin
LISTEN TO THE SONG ON "GREATEST SONGS LIVE" TO UNDESTAND.
STRUM C CHORD SLOWLY
PLUCK C ON THE B STRING AND THE OPEN G STRING TOGETHOR 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?
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 03:48:34 -0800
From: Jed
Subject: The Shortest Story by Harry Chapin
LISTEN TO THE SONG ON "GREATEST SONGS LIVE" TO UNDESTAND.
STRUM C CHORD SLOWLY
PLUCK C ON THE B STRING AND THE OPEN G STRING TOGETHOR 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?
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