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