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