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Old Black Dawning

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Frank Black
'Old Black Dawning'
Fun song.  Pick up your acoustic and give it a go.
Incidentally, this song is supposed to be about
Biosphere II.
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 C#m   D   A[8 times]
   C#mI Dhung aAround
   C#mOn the Dplanet AMabel
  BmShe tried to Estand
But she was not C#mableE  
   C#mShe tried to Dfind the Atruth
   C#mShe tried to Dcolonize Aspace
   BmShe only had a Efew
But it was a C#mgood raEce
DOld Black Dawning Bis coming Aon
DOld Black Dawning Bis coming Aon
DOld Black DawniEng
C#mOld Black DawniEng
I'm always happy to
Go down to old Tucson
After you had your fun
It's time to move on
I've got a favorite story
About the Tower of Babel
Some say it's true
And some say it's a fable
Old Black Dawning is coming on
Old Black Dawning is coming on
Old Black Dawning
Old Black Dawning
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Mark

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Old Black Dawning

by Frank Black

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C#m

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Frank Black

'Old Black Dawning'

Fun song. Pick up your acoustic and give it a go.

Incidentally, this song is supposed to be about

Biosphere II.

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C#m D A

[8 times]

C#m D A

I hung around

C#m D A

On the planet Mabel

Bm E

She tried to stand

C#m E

But she was not able

C#m D A

She tried to find the truth

C#m D A

She tried to colonize space

Bm E

She only had a few

C#m E

But it was a good race

D B A

Old Black Dawning is coming on

D B A

Old Black Dawning is coming on

D E

Old Black Dawning

C#m E

Old Black Dawning

I'm always happy to

Go down to old Tucson

After you had your fun

It's time to move on

I've got a favorite story

About the Tower of Babel

Some say it's true

And some say it's a fable

Old Black Dawning is coming on

Old Black Dawning

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Mark

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