The Magnetic Fields

The Blizzard Of 78(Keyboard chords)

The Magnetic Fields

Key: B

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Intro 
B F# G#m D# 
G#m B F# 

verse 1 
B                          F# 
One ten year old was found after three weeks 
     G#m                         D# 
In a snowdrift ten feet from his door 
G#m                       B                    F# 
Some fell asleep in their cars and awakened no more 

B              F# 
25 people died shoveling snow 
          G#m                  D# 
Have that done by somebody you hate 
G#m B                     F# 
166 looters arrested, but wait 

B F# I spent the blizzard of '78 G#m D# On a commune in Northern Vermont G#m B F# With all the Isaac Asimov anybody could want
verse 2 B F# Music was very much not allowed G#m D# So we we said 'Hey kids, let's start a band' G#m Proof that Ganesh loves us B F# There was no tape deck at hand B F# The first band I'd had was called 'One and a Half' G#m D# We were a duo, technically G#m B So if Tonto's Expanding Head Band was a band F# So were we
B F# I spent the blizzard of '78 G#m D# On a commune in Northern Vermont G#m B F# With all the Ursula Le Guin any body could want
verse 3 B F# I played guitar, Chris played tin cans G#m D# Caroline played tambourine G#m B F# Chris was 11, Caroline 12, I 13 B F# We called ourselves 'the Black Widows' G#m D# We weren't the last nor the first G#m B F# But we were almost certainly by far the worst B F# We made the Cramps sound orchestral G#m D# That's an achievement, I guess G#m As for rehearsal B D# We made the Shaggs sound like Yes
B F# I spent the blizzard of '78 G#m D# On a commune in Northern Vermont G#m B F# With all the Roger Zelazny anybody could want
Outro B It was hell F# G#m D# G#m B F#

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