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