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