Snow-Hen of Austerlitz Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Am]They[G] say[Am][G][A][Am]
not far away,
In fact [Em]upon [G]that [D]hill
[Am]They say that there's a little girl [G]there [D]still
[Am]She wasn't raised like the oth[G]er k[D]ids
[Am]Miss Lynn, [G]the Snow Hen
[Am]of Austerlitz
[G]

[Verse 2]
[Am]
The mother's blind and keeps
some birds [D]as [Am]pets
That her baby is a human [G]she for[D]gets
In [Am]a tiny wire pen that little girl [G]still [D]sits
[Am]Miss Lynn, [G]the Snow Hen
of [Am]Austerlitz
[G]

[Verse 3]
[Am]
She must be [G]ten or eleven now
I heard she's [Am]pretty but she
don't have all her wits
She is [G]the Snow Hen of
[Am]Austerl[G]itz[A][Am]

[Verse 4]
[Am]Not having really neither wings [D]nor beak
[Am]She never learned to w[Em]alk [G]or s[D]peak
To [Am]the child, the mother never says [G]a w[D]ord
To com[Am]municate, this [G]little girl,
she [Am]chirps like a bird
[G][Am]

[Verse 5]
[Am]All the birds around they taught
the little [G]girl their language
[D]When she[Am]'s not understood
she starts to get real [D]angry
So she [Am]waves her hands around
just like they were [G]her [D]wings
[Am]Hope it when she's [G]happy,
you should [Am]hear her sing!
[G]

[Verse 6]
[Am]
I'll leave the [G]cage door open
[D]We'll see[Am] how far she gets
She's known as [G]the Snow Hen of
[Am]Austerl[G]itz
[Am][G][A][Am]

[Verse 7]
[Am]Kept like a pet in an [Em]old hen [D]coop
[Am]The mother didn't beat her
and she [Em]gave [G]her food
[D]Still pitif[Am]ul no care shown but[G] it'[D]s
The [A]life [Am]of th[G]e Snow Hen of
[Am]Austerlitz
[G][A][Am]

[Verse 8]
A skinny thing with brittle
[Em]glass-like bones
[D]bones
Was it [Am]wind in the trees or
[Em]the Snow [G]Hen's [D]moans?
[Am]From pursed perch from
that attic she [D]flits
[Am]Miss Lynn, [G]the Snow Hen
of [Am]Austerlitz
[G]

[Verse 9]
[A][Am]
She must be [G]ten or eleven now
I heard she's [Am]pretty but she
don't have all her wits
She is [G]the Snow Hen of Austerl[Am]itz

[Verse 10]
I'll leave the [G]cage door open
We'll [Am]see how far she gets
She's known as [G]the Snow
Hen of [Am]Austerlitz

[Verse 11]
She must be [G]ten or eleven now
I heard she's [Am]pretty but she
don't have [A]all her wit[Am]s
She is [G]the Snow Hen of
[D]Aus[A]terl[Am]itz[A]
I'll [Am]leave the cage

[Verse 12]
[G]door open
[Am]We'll see how far [A]she gets
She's known [Am]as t[G]he Snow
Hen of [Am]Austerlitz
[G]

[Outro 1]
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