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 


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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 


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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 
 

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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