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