Cithara
The cithara or kithara (Greek: κιθάρα, kithāra, Latin: cithara) was an ancient Greek musical instrument in the lyre or lyra family. In modern Greek the word kithara has come to mean "guitar" (a word whose origins are found in kithara).
The kithara was a professional version of the two-stringed lyre. As opposed to the simpler lyre, which was a folk-instrument, the kithara was primarily used by professional musicians, called kitharodes. The kithara's origins are likely Asiatic. The barbiton was a bass version of the kithara popular in the eastern Aegean and ancient Asia Minor.
Construction
The kithara had a deep, wooden sounding box composed of two resonating tables, either flat or slightly arched, connected by ribs or sides of equal width. At the top, its strings were knotted around the crossbar or yoke (zugon) or to rings threaded over the bar, or wound around pegs. The other end of the strings was secured to a tail-piece after passing over a flat bridge, or the tail-piece and bridge were combined. Most vase paintings show kitharas with seven strings, in agreement with ancient authors, but these also mention that occasionally a skillful kitharode would use more than the conventional seven strings.
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Life's A Bitch
by: ShooterOoooooo, Ooooooo, Ooooooo
Everybody's tellin all, baring their souls,
just to go on the Rikki Lake Show
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Last night I turned the TV on,
you were booed off stage, singin your famous love song
And tell me who makes the rules
Shoulda been born on the Milky Way
Wanna belong to the world today
Oh, Life's a bitch and then ya die
Shoulda been born on the Milky Way
Can't believe what I heard today
Oh yeah, Life's a bitch and then ya die
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I mean, while I got my magazine tellin me,
sellin me lies on how I could be the perfect ten
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And my boyfriend left just the other day,
he's all messed up, is he straight or is he gay
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So tell me who makes the rules
Shoulda been born on the Milky Way
Wanna belong to the world today
Oh, Life's a bitch and then ya die
Shoulda been born on the Milky Way
Can't believe what I heard today
Oh yeah, Life's a bitch and then ya die
So if I fall
If I fall...oh...all
Shoulda been born on the Milky Way
Wanna belong to the world today
Oh, Life's a bitch and then ya die
Shoulda been born on the Milky Way
Can't believe what I heard today
Oh yeah, Life's a bitch and then ya die
Shoulda been born on the Milky Way
Wanna belong to the world today
Oh, Life's a bitch and then ya die
Shoulda been born on the Milky Way
Can't believe what I heard today
Oh yeah, Life's a bitch and then ya die
Shoulda been born on the Milky Way
Wanna belong to the world today
Oh, Life's a bitch and then ya die
Shoulda been born on the Milky Way
Can't believe what I heard today