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lather chords
jefferson airplane

capo iii

Am C G

Am C G
lather was thirty years old today ,
Em D C
they took away all of his toys .
Am C G
his mother sent newspaper clippings to him ,
Em D C
about his old friends who’d stopped being boys .

Em D F D
there was harwitz E . green , just turned thirty three ,
Am Em D
his leather chair waits at the bank .
Em D F D
and sargent dow jones , twenty seven years old ,
Am Em D
commanding his very own tank .

C D Em
but lather still finds it a nice thing to do ,
C D Em
to lie about nude in the sand
C D Em
drawing pictures of mountains that look like bumps ,
D Am A
and thrashing the air with his hands .

A G
but wait , oh lather’s productive you know ,
A G A
he produces the finest of sound
G
putting drumsticks on either side of his nose ,
A G A Am G D Am G D
snorting the best licks in town;
E
but that’s all over

Am G D Am G D

Am C G
lather was thirty years old today ,
Em D C
and lather came foam from his tongue .
Am C G
he looked at me eyes wide and plainly said ,
Em D C
is it true that i’m no longer young? ( mommy? )

Em D F D
and the children call him famous ,
Am Em D
what the old men call insane
Em D F D
and sometimes he’s so nameless ,
Am Em D
that he hardly knows which game to play;
C
which words to say

C D Em
and i should have told him , “no , you’re not old . ”
C D Em D Am
and i should have let him go on , smiling , baby wide .

Am G D Am G D

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