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