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Lather chords
Jefferson Airplane

Capo III

Am C G

Am (x02210@1)       C (x32010@1)          GLather (320003@1)was thirty years old today,
     Em (022000@1)      D (xx0232@1)        Cthey (x32010@1)took away all of his toys.
    Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)       GHis (320003@1)mother sent newspaper clippings to him,
          Em (022000@1)              D (xx0232@1)           Cabout (x32010@1)his old friends who'd stopped being boys.

Em (022000@1)       D (xx0232@1)         F (133211@1)           DThere (xx0232@1)was Harwitz E. Green, just turned thirty three,
    Am (x02210@1)          Em (022000@1)         Dhis (xx0232@1)leather chair waits at the bank.
    Em (022000@1)        D (xx0232@1)           F (133211@1)         DAnd (xx0232@1)Sargent Dow Jones, twenty seven years old,
Am (x02210@1)           Em (022000@1)     Dcommanding (xx0232@1)his very own tank.

C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)        EmBut (022000@1)Lather still finds it a nice thing to do,
   C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)         Emto (022000@1)lie about nude in the sand
        C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)            EmDrawing (022000@1)pictures of mountains that look like bumps,
    D (xx0232@1)                        Am (x02210@1)  Aand (x02220@1)thrashing the air with his hands.

A (x02220@1)                  GBut (320003@1)wait, oh Lather's productive you know,
   A (x02220@1)          G (320003@1)       Ahe (x02220@1)produces the finest of sound
                             GPutting (320003@1)drumsticks on either side of his nose,
A (x02220@1)          G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)   AmG D (xx0232@1)AmG Dsnorting (xx0232@1)the best licks in town; 
    Ebut (022100@1)that's all over

AmG D (xx0232@1)AmG D (xx0232@1)Am (x02210@1)       C (x32010@1)          GLather (320003@1)was thirty years old today,
    Em (022000@1)        D (xx0232@1)           Cand (x32010@1)Lather came foam from his tongue.
   Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)           GHe (320003@1)looked at me eyes wide and plainly said,
      Em (022000@1)          D (xx0232@1)       Cis (x32010@1)it true that I'm no longer young? (mommy?)

Em (022000@1)     D (xx0232@1)      F (133211@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)the children call him famous,
         Am (x02210@1)    Em (022000@1)   Dwhat (xx0232@1)the old men call insane
    Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)           F (133211@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)sometimes he's so nameless,
        Am (x02210@1)   Em (022000@1)        Dthat (xx0232@1)he hardly knows which game to play;
      Cwhich (x32010@1)words to say
 
      C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)        EmAnd (022000@1)I should have told him, "no, you're not old." 
      C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)        Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)           AmAnd (x02210@1)I should have let him go on, smiling, baby wide.

AmG D (xx0232@1)AmG D (xx0232@1)Set8

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