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