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