Annie Born & Died

 

Written by John Stewart

 

This one is from the "Teresa and the Lost Songs",  Homecoming Records CD (98).  I didn´t like it much at first.  Now I do.

 

(Em) (D) (EM) (D) Em) (D)
(Em) Born to(D)day,(C)  a new re(D)lation,
(Em) Quiet (D)hush (C) in the pink front (D)room.
(G) A bloodstone (D)birthstone (C) they will (D)give her,
(Em) Annie (D)born (C) on a summer after(D)noon.
(Em) (D) (C/E) (D) (Em) (D) (C/E) (D)

(Em) Home to(D)day,(C)  school va(D)cation,
(Em) Quiet (D)laughs (C) in the yellow front (D)room.
(G) Her own (D)curbstone,(C)  shoes of (D)leather,
(Em) Annie (D)home on a (C)summer after(D)noon.
(Em) (D) (C/E) (D) (Em) (D) (C/E) (D)

(Em) Held to(D)day,(C)  a cele(D)bration,
(Em) Wedding (D)veil (C) in the white front (D)room.
(G) A diamond (D)ringstone (C) he will (D)give her,
(Em) Annie (D)married (C) on a summer after(D)noon.
(Em) (D) (C) (D) (Em) (D) (C) (D) (G) (D) (C) (D) (Em) (D) (C) (D)

(Em) Gone to(D)day,(C)  an old re(D)lation,
(Em) Quiet (D)hush (C) in the black front (D)room.
(G)One lone (D)tombstone (C) they will (D)give her,
(Em) Annie (D)died on a (C)summer after(D)noon.

And (C)Annie born and (D)died,
(G)Annie (D/F#)born and (Em)died.(hold)
It was (C/E)just(hold) a little (D)song(hold)
Called (C)Annie (D)born and (Em)died.

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