12-26 chords by
Kimya Dawson
Kimya Dawson
(Official Version)

2006Folk225 views
Key: G majorDifficulty: Beginner
Verse 1
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One of her babies is rotting in the sun
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C
And the other one was found
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drowned in the ocean
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Her mom and dad are in their van
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crushed and bloated
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And her husband was thrown
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from his fishing boat
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So please give me a break
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from all your complaining
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C
About who was mean to you
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and how your stepdad is a pain
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G
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I care, I swear, but I just can't take it,
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C
not today
All I can think about are
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F
tsunamis and earthquakes
Chorus 1
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Everything she's ever known
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C
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is gone, gone, gone
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Everyone she's ever loved
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C
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is gone, gone, gone
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The only reason she's alive is
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She grabbed a palm frond
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and held on
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And held on
Verse 2
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You can call me crazy
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but it seems to me we could
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Have sent more than we spend
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in one day killing Iraqis
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To help the hundreds of thousands
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Who are injured and diseased
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And hungry and homeless
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and without families
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I'm appalled by our government's
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initial reaction
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And the fact that they asked
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for a verbal retraction
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From the folks who called them stingy
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They're just covering their assets
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Well, they thank their greedy god
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for wiping out the lower class and
Chorus 2
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Everything she's ever known
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is gone, gone, gone
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Everyone she's ever loved
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C
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is gone, gone, gone
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G
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The only reason she's alive is
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C
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She grabbed a palm frond
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G
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C
C
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and held on
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G
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C
C
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And held on
Verse 3
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G
F
F
One of her babies is rotting in the sun
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C
And the other one was found
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F
drowned in the ocean
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G
Her mom and dad are in their van
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F
they are crushed and bloated
C
C
And her husband was thrown
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F
from his fishing boat
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G
We'd have 12-26
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F
tattooed across our foreheads
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C
If something this atrocious
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happened on our coast instead
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Well, a tragedy's a tragedy
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no matter where it happens
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Close your eyes really tight now
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and try to imagine
Bridge 1
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That everything you've ever known is gone
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G
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C
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And everyone you've ever loved is gone
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And the only reason you're alive
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C
is you were lucky
And you were strong enough
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to hold on
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While you watched your family die
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While you watched your family die
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While you watched your family die
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While you watched your family die
Chorus 3
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Everything she's ever known
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is gone, gone, gone
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G
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Everyone she's ever loved
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C
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is gone, gone, gone
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G
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The only reason she's alive is
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C
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She grabbed a palm frond
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G
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C
C
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and held on
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G
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F
C
C
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F
And held on
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G

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