Chords:
C/G: 332010
Am: xx2210
F: xx3211
G: 32xxx3
Dm: xx0231
Verse 1:
C/G Am C/G Am
I went for you in military times
F G F G
and, then, I waited well into the twenty three hundreds.
C/G Am
I made my way through
C/G Am
the Union Street design
F G F G
kids.
Chorus:
C/G Am
They were alright.
C/G Am
They were on fire.
C/G Am C/G Am Dm
They harbored an elementary desire to do good works.
I bought 'em all, I bought 'em all!
I made donations to The Plague, and The Fall
C/G Am C/G Am
and The Old Grey Mare in her stall!
F G F G
Verse 2:
C/G Am
And day to day,
C/G Am F G F G
a couple years in Solitary never really hurt anyone.
C/G Am C/G Am F
Distinguished colleagues, dead music-writers' brides - I apologize.
G F G
C/G Am
They were alright.
C/G Am
They were on fire.
C/G Am C/G Am Dm
They harbored an elementary desire to do good works.
I bought 'em all, I bought 'em all!
I made donations to The Plague, and The Fall
C/G Am C/G Am
and The Old Grey Mare in her stall.
F G F G
C/G Am
I don't know, I guess I'm doing alright.
C/G Am
Tabitha takes another stab at becoming light.
F G
She never wants to go.
F G Dm
Always want to stay illuminated.
C/G Am
Ride towards the dawn,
C/G Am
Quicksilver on the side of nothing.
F G
Never had a chance.
F G
Never had to choose
F G
Your Blood versus Your
C/G Am
Blues.
C/G Am
F G F G
C/G Am
Ride towards the dawn,
C/G Am
Quicksilver on the side of nothing.
F G
Never had a chance.
F G
Never had to choose
F G
Your Blood versus Your
C/G Am
Blues.
C/G Am
F G F G
C/G (One stroke)