78 Blizzard Of 78 Chords
78 Blizzard Of 78 by The Magnetic Fields is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, F#, G#m, D# and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: B F# G#m D# E B F#
Verse
B F#
One ten year old was found after three weeks
G#m D#
In a snowdrift ten feet from his door
E 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
E B F#
166 looters arrested, but wait
B F#
I spent the blizzard of '78
G#m D#
On a commune in Northern Vermont
E B F#
With all the Isaac Asimov anybody could want
Verse
B F#
Music was very much not allowed
G#m D#
So we we said "Hey kids, let's start a band"
E
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
E 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
E B F#
With all the Ursula Le Guin anybody could want
Verse
B F#
I played guitar, Chris played tin cans
G#m D#
Caroline played tambourine
E B F#
Chris was eleven, Caroline twelve, I thirteen
B F#
We called ourselves "the Black Widows"
G#m D#
We weren't the last nor the first
E 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
E
As for rehearsal
B F#
We made the Shaggs sound like Yes
B F#
I spent the blizzard of '78
G#m D#
On a commune in Northern Vermont
E B F#
With all the Roger Zelazny anybody could want
B F# G#m D# E B F# B
It was hell