The Old Black Hen Chords
by Songs Ohia
The Old Black Hen by Songs Ohia is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Bm, Em, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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
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
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
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
Look down the long street and see who's that crying
Em G
Tell them that every day i lived i was trying
D A
To sing the blues the way i find them
Bm D A
Bm D A