(C) (G/B) (Am) (G5) (F) (F/C) (G)
(C) She (G/B)had a (Am)thousand (Am/G) dead (Fj7)people in her (Fj9)hair,
(C) She (Em7/B)had a (Am)thousand(Am/G) dead (F)people in her (E)hair,
A (F)thousand dead (E)people in her (Am)hair.(Am2)(Am) (Bass notes: AB)
(C) Really (G/B)not a (Am)person (Am/G) I (Fj7)think I could ever (Fj9)like,
(F) Looked like a (G)high-society (Am7)dame. (Bass notes: AB)
(C) Still, (Em7/B)when I (Am)saw her (Am/G) in that (F)magazine to(E)day,
(F) I just (G)thought, oh, what a (Am7)shame. (Bass notes: AB)
(C) She (G/B)had a (Am)thousand (Am/G) dead (Fj7)people in her (Fj9)hair,
(C) She (Em7/B)had a (Am)thousand(Am/G) dead (F)people in her (E)hair,
A (F)thousand dead (E)people in her (Am)hair.(Am2)(Am) (Bass notes: AB)
(C) She (G/B)had a (Am)big(Am/G) pearl (Fj7)necklace ´round her (Fj9)neck,
(F) Her hair was (G)done up (Am7)well. (Bass notes: AB)
(C) But (Em7/B)when I (Am)looked (Am/G)at her (F)frightened haggard (E)face,
(F) I knew that (G)she had been through (Am7)hell. (Bass notes: AB)
(C) She (G/B)had a (Am)thousand (Am/G) dead (Fj7)people in her (Fj9)hair,
(C) She (Em7/B)had a (Am)thousand (Am/G) dead (F)people in her (E)hair,
A (F)thousand dead (E)people in her (Am)hair.(Am2)(Am) (Bass notes: AB)
(C) (G/B)When the (Am)big birds (Am/G) (Fj7)crashed into the (Fj9)towers
(F) Came the (G)big bang and the (Am7)heat.(Bass notes: AB)
(C) (G/B) (Am)People (Am/G)there (F) just evaporated,(E)
(F) Big yellow (G)cloud rolled down the (Am7)street…(Bass notes: AB)
(C) She (G/B)had a (Am)thousand (Am/G) dead (Fj7)people in her (Fj9)hair,
(C) She (Em7/B)had a (Am)thousand (Am/G) dead (F)people in her (E)hair,
A (F)thousand dead (E)people in her (Am)hair.(Am2)(Am) (Bass notes: AB)
(Am 5th fret)
janhauenstein@gmx.de
www.janhauenstein.com
A few weeks after the attack on the Twin Towers, there was a picture in the German news magazine ‘Der Spiegel’ (that of course I forgot to save).
It showed an Asian lady in a yellow-brown dress.
No, it didn´t. That was an African-American lady, and the cloud of debris from the WTC had rolled over her.
I read the accompanying article and realized WHAT WAS IN THAT CLOUD.
Tiny fragments of dead, burnt, incinerated people.
The monstrosity of that picture hit me like a hammer.
I rushed to my desk and the song, words and music, was finished within 20 minutes.
I had it in my head the second I realized what that monstrous picture showed.
Göttingen, 12 December 2001
This week I saw the picture again, ten years later, once more in Der Spiegel.
I know know the name of the lady and read up on her background. Not a high-society dame, a bank clerk.
I do not think I have to change the song. The basics are the same.
Göttingen, 11 September 2011
More than background music.
You'll hear folk, blues, jazzy songs, rock. Big voice. Albums recommended by
Gordon Bok, Harvey Andrews, Jez Lowe and others. janhauenstein@gmx.de
Why no free uploads? I cover songs. Register them with the German music rights agency GEMA. They hopefully reimburse the artists. The tax authorities demand that I make (not lose) a little money each year......more
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