Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

(play primarily the bottom three strings, and then once he does a little

sweep of the top strings, just listen).

I knew a woman once

 giving birth to kittens and mice

 And as you know, with their eating habbits

 Those poor mice had to die

 So the kittens were born

 full of their brothers and sisters

 And they were punished swiftly

 though they did not know why

They thought they were food

they did not know what they'd done

 And I was a person once

 sending off unread letters

 receiving no reply

 never bothering asking why

I had a heart once

full of fire and passion

 but the summer took it away from me

 And autumn has come to retrieve it

 Autumn has come to retrieve it

 And I was a man once

 When I was six years old

 but now I am just a boy

 pretentious and brash and bold

 The kittens were murdered

thrown into burlap sacks

 and weighted down with rocks

 in a river deep and black

 And th - ey went to Heaven.

Th - ey went to Heaven.

I'm tabbing this without a G string on my acoustic, so I hope it sounds fine (shouldn't

make a difference). Enjoy and keep supporting AJJ...incredible band that shows just

how much simple chords can do.