The Magnetic Fields - The blizzard of 78

^BOne ten year old was found ^F#after three weeks In a ^G#msnowdrift ten feet from his ^D#door ^G#mSome fell asleep in their ^Bcars and awakened no ^F#more

^B25 people died ^F#shoveling snow Have that ^G#mdone by somebody you ^D#hate ^G#m166 ^Blooters arrested, but ^F#wait

^BI spent the blizzard of ^F#'78 On a ^G#mcommune in Northern Ver^D#mont With ^G#mall the Isaac Asi^Bmov anybody could ^F#want

^BMusic was very much ^F#not allowed So we we ^G#msaid "Hey kids, let's start a ^D#band" ^G#mProof that Ganesh loves us ^BThere was no tape deck at ^F#hand

The ^Bfirst band I'd had was called "^F#One and a Half" We were a ^G#mduo, technical^D#ly So if ^G#mTonto's Expanding Head ^BBand was a band So were ^F#we

^BI spent the blizzard of '^F#78 On a ^G#mcommune in Northern Ver^D#mont With ^G#mall the Ursula Le ^BGuin any body could ^F#want

^BI played guitar, ^F#Chris played tin cans ^G#mCaroline played ^D#tambourine ^G#mChris was 11, ^BCaroline 12, I 1^F#3

^BWe called ourselves "the Black ^F#Widows" ^G#mWe weren't the last nor the ^D#first ^G#mBut we were almost ^Bcertainly by far the ^F#worst

^BWe made the Cramps sound ^F#orchestral ^G#mThat's an achievement, I ^D#guess ^G#mAs for rehearsal ^BWe made the Shaggs sound like ^F#Yes

^BI spent the blizzard of '^F#78 On a ^G#mcommune in Northern Ver^D#mont With ^G#mall the Roger Zelaz^Bny anybody could ^F#want

It was ^Bhell F# G#m D# G#m B F#