Tiger Lillies - Drowning Girl Bertolt Brecht Ukulele

  Tiger Lillies - Drowning Girl (Bertolt Brecht)


Em                               Am
Once she had drowned and started her slow descent
Am                                         Em
Down the streams to where the great rivers broaden
Em                     Am
Oh, the open sky chant most magnificent
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As if it was acting as her body's guardian

Am                         B
Wreck and duck weed slowly increased her weight
Am                 B
By clasping her in their slimy grip
Am                                  B
Through her limbs, the cold blooded fishes played
Am                                       B
Creatures and plant life kept on, thus obstructing her last trip

Em                                 Am
And the sky that same evening grew dark as smoke
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And its stars through the night kept the brightness still soaring
Em                             Am
But it quickly grew clear when dawn now broke
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To see that she had one further morning

Am                               B
Once her pallid trunk had rotted beyond repair
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It happened quite slowly that she slipped from God's thoughts
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First with her face, then her hands, right at the last with her hair
Am                          B                    Em
Leaving those corpse-choked rivers just one more corpse