Songs: Ohia – The Old Black Hen (Guitar)

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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: D
D
Old black hen is that you again

            Bm
singing the bad luck lullaby

D
come right on in cause it's midnight again

             Bm
time for the bad luck lullaby

Em                         C
you know the one it's the same one you sung

Em              G            D        A   
when you wrote down the revelation
Bm D A Bm D A
D
now sing it over the cradle of the child who's born next

Bm
the bad luck lullaby

D
leave all the truth in so they know what comes next

         Bm
with the bad luck lullaby

Em                            C
leave in the true love that they'll never find  

Em                              G            D     A  
show how they're looking for it all of their lives 
Bm D A Bm D A
D
when I saw the banner hanging over my door

              Bm
and heard the bad luck lullaby

D
I already knew who the party was for

    Bm
the bad luck lullaby

Em                            C
and all of my pain found a partner in that room

Em                   G               D    A  
and the Devils tail swayed with the tune
Bm D A Bm D A [instrumental verse, same chord progression as the others] Bm D A Bm D A
D
make that black record roll the tapes all night long

    Bm
the bad luck lullaby

D
make that black record and we'll all sing along

       Bm
to the bad luck lullaby

Em                             C
look down the long street and see who's that crying 

Em                         G           D
tell them that every day I lived I was trying 

A                           Bm          
to sing the blues the way I find them
D A Bm D A