YRB no. 1 -- Alma Was Born -- (C) 1999 Ion Mittler lo: G hi: 6 V) >Bm >G ( , , , , , ) , ) > 3 ( ' 4 3 2 1 A ) B B. A ) BEADG 4 : : : : (R.) Al- ma was born on fifth day of : vCC x=100 _________________________________________________ 3 >Bm ( , , , , ) , ) ) ) ( B 1 2 3 1 ) B B. A ) B B-___)__-- / ) : : : : : : Ja-nu- a- ry in nine-teen and fif- ty. : __________________________________________________________________ 7 >G ( , , , , , ) , ) , ) ( ' 4 3 2 1 A ) B B. 1 ) B B ' A ) : : : : : This hap-pened in a small town in Swe- den, it : __________________________________________________________________ 10 >Bm ( , , , , ) , ) ) ) ( B 1 2 3 1 ) B B. A ) B B-___)__-- / ) : : : : : : was-n't much like the gar- den of E- den. : __________________________________________________________________ 14 >G ( , , , ) , ) , ) ( ' A B 3 1 ) B B. 1 ) B B ' A ) : : : : : It was where the day- light saw Al- ma: she : __________________________________________________________________ 17 >D F ( , , , , ) , ) , ) ) ( B 1 2 3 1 ) 2 2. 1 ) 2 3. 2 ) 1 1-___) : : : : : : was the third child of An-ders and Lu- ci- a Wag- ner, : __________________________________________________________________ 21 >Bm F >G ( , , ) ) , , ) , , ) (___- / B 1 ) 2 3 2 ) 1 B A- ) B A G B ) : : : : : : and the first fe-male des-cen-dant in this fa-mi- : __________________________________________________________________ 25 >Bm F >G ( , , ) , , ) , , ) , ) ( B / B 1 ) 2 3 2- ) 1 B A 1 ) B G ' A ) : : : : : : ly. For the old-er two child-ren we-re wis-er, and : __________________________________________________________________ 29 >Em >Bm >Bm2 >Bm ( ) ) ) ) ) ) ( G A B ) B G A__)__- B- ) B--__)__--- ) // 3 ) : : : : : : : : both of them we- re on- ly boys. Her : __________________________________________________________________ C1) >A >D 35 , , , , ) , ) ) , , , , ) ( 2 B 1 B 2 ) 4 4. 3 ) 4 4 / ) 4 5 6 6 4 ) : : : : : : chi-ld-hood wa-s live-ly and hap-py, like the child-hood of : __________________________________________________________________ 39 >A F/A >Bm F ( , , ) , , , , ) , ) , ) ( 3 4 5- ) 4 5 4 3 1 ) 2 3. 2 ) 1 B A ' ) : : : : : : a-ny- one in the Swe- den of those ra-ther in-no-cent, : __________________________________________________________________ 43 >G >Bm F ( , , ) , ) ) , , ) ( B A G B ) B / ' 1 ) 2 3 2 ) 1 B A 1 ) : : : : : : trans-pa-re-nt days. When ig-nor-ant girl with he-r : __________________________________________________________________ 47 >G >Em ( , ) ) ) ) ( B G ' A ) G A B ) B G A____)___- B- ) : : : : : : equ- al- ly ig- nor- ant, blu-e- eyed friends : __________________________________________________________________ 51 >Bm >Bm2 >Bm (C2) >A ( ) ) ) , , , , ) ( B--_____)_____--- ) // 3 ) 2 B 1 B 2 ) : : : : : : plays. No sho-r- tage o-f : __________________________________________________________________ 55 >D ( , ) , ) , , , , ) ( 4 4. 3 ) 4 4 ' 3 ) 4 5 6 6 4 ) : : : : : warm love or warm food, not in a way that a : __________________________________________________________________ 58 >A F/A >Bm F ( , , ) , , , , ) ) , , ) ( 3 4 5- ) 4 5 4 3 1 ) 2 3 2 ) 1 B A 1 ) : : : : : : lit-tle child would be ab-le to un-der-stand: there were n-o : __________________________________________________________________ 62 >G >Bm F ( , , ) , ) , , ) , , ) ( B A G B ) B / ' 1 ) 2 3 2- ) 1 B A- ) : : : : : : wars, no scars of soul. A ten-der girl's simp-ly too : __________________________________________________________________ 66 >G >Em >Bm ( , , ) , , ) , , ) ) ) ( B G A- ) G A B- ) B G A- ) G A B ) B--___) : : : : : : : blind to see a-ny-thing sor-row-ful in her small world. : __________________________________________________________________ 71 >Bm2 >Bm ( ) ) ) ) )) (_____--- ) /// ) /// ) /// ) /// )) : : : : : :: : :: __________________________________________________________________