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