Unicorns

2 weeks ago by @edwinb

Unicorns

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Liner Notes

Just a little theory I have been developing about why we don't see a certain animal. Thanks in advance to anyone who points out that Noah also seemed to forget the dinosaurs. My theory still needs some refining.

Last week someone said to me, "Aha, I've worked it out! You're like Bob Dylan, but for children." I'll definitely take that. This #folk song might provide some evidence one way or the other. It has a freshly restrung 8 string baritone #ukulele, a #harmonica and an overdubbed tenor ukulele. #fuc

Lyrics

[D][F#m]
[G][A]

They [D]didn't need a weatherman to [F#m]warn them
It was [G]lunchtime but the sky was growing [D]dark
A [Bm]distant rumble promising [F#m]disaster
[G]Clouds on the horizon looming [A]large

But [G]Noah had been making prepa[D]rations
Having [A]got a long range forecast from on [D]high
He [G]knew he would need more than an um[D]brella
For his [G]family and the [A]wildlife to stay [D]dry

[A]

[D]Every species got a pair of [F#m]tickets
From [G]aardvark up to zebras and the [D]rest
[Bm]Even flies and spiders were in[F#m]vited
Keeping [G]predators and prey on separate [A]decks

And [G]when it came to final call for [D]boarding
[A]Passengers were all checked off the [D]list
But [G]Noah couldn't shake the nagging [D]feeling
There was [G]something else im[A]portant he had [D]missed. [D7]

[G]What about the unicorns? Did [D]he forget the unicorns?
A [A]branch of evolution down the [D]drain[D7]
How [G]could he miss the unicorns? [D]Now there's no more [Bm]unicorns!
'cause [G]somebody had [A]left them in the [D]rain

[A]

A [D]giraffe or two made it through the [F#m]deluge
They could [G]just about survive on higher [D]ground
The [Bm]ducks didn't need any as[F#m]sistance
But the [G]unicorns were simply left to [A]drown

He brought [G]in a pair of rats and the [D]roaches
The [A]raptors and tyrannosaurus [D]rex
[G]Thought he'd gone through all of the in[D]ventory
But you [G]know it always [A]pays to double [D]check. [D7]

So [G]what about the unicorns? Did [D]he forget the unicorns?
A [A]branch of evolution down the [D]drain[D7]
How [G]could he miss the unicorns? [D]Now there's no more [Bm]unicorns!
'cause [G]somebody had [A]left them in the [D]rain

[G][D]
[A][D][D7]
[G][D][Bm]
[G][A][D]

And it was [Bm]only when Noah saw the [F#m]rainbow
That he [Bm]knew he'd left a species in the [F#m]cold
But [G]tell me you won't have a senior [D]moment
When [G]you're six hundred years [A]old

[G]What about the unicorns? Did [D]he forget the unicorns?
A [A]branch of evolution down the [D]drain[D7]
How [G]could he miss the unicorns? [D]Now there's no more [Bm]unicorns!
'cause [G]somebody had [A]left them in the [D]rain

[G]Somebody had [A]left them in the [D]rain

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