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[Intro 1] [C] [Verse 1] [C]I am b[F]orn t[G]oday The [F]Sun [Am]burns a [G]promise [Em]In my eye [Verse 2] [F]Mama [G]strikes me And I [C]draw a [Em]breath [Am]and cry [F]Above me a [G]cloud Slowly [C]tumbles [Em]through the [Am]sky I am [G]glad, to be alive [F][C] [Verse 3] [G] It [C]is my seventh [G]day [F]I taste the hun[G]ger And I [Em]cry [Verse 4] My [F]Brother and [G]sister [C]Cling to [G]Mama's [Am]side [F]She squeezes [G]her breast But it has [C]nothing [G]to [Am]provide Someone [G]weeps, I fall asleep [Interlude 1] [F][C][G] [Verse 5] [C]It is twenty [G]days today [F]Mama does not hol[G]d me Any[Em]more [Verse 6] I [F]open [G]my mouth But I [C]am to [G]weak [Am]to cry Above [F]me [G]a bird slowly [C]crawls [G]across [Am]the sky Why is there [G]nothing Now to do [Am]but die? [Outro 1] [Am]
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