Beautiful song penned and performed by Grace Slick.



Cm (x3101x@1)         Eb (x43121@3)             BbLather (x1333x@1)was thirty years old today,
      Gm (355333@1)       F (133211@1)       EbThey (x43121@3)took away all of his toys.
      Cm (x3101x@1)          Eb (x43121@3)      BbHis (x1333x@1)mother sent newspaper clippings to him,
           Gm (355333@1)                F (133211@1)         EbAbout (x43121@3)his old friends who'd stopped being boys.
             Gm (355333@1)      F (133211@1)         Ab (xx1114@1)          FThere (133211@1)was Harwitz E. Green, just turned thirty-three,
      Cm (x3101x@1)          Gm (355333@1)        FHis (133211@1)leather chair waits at the bank.

Gm (355333@1)        F (133211@1)          Ab (xx1114@1)        FAnd (133211@1)Sergeant Dow Jones, twenty-seven years old,
    Cm (x3101x@1)        Gm (355333@1)      FCommanding (133211@1)his very own tank.
      Eb (x43121@3)         F (133211@1)        GmBut (355333@1)Lather still finds it a nice thing to do,
    Eb (x43121@3)      F (133211@1)         GmTo (355333@1)lie about nude in the sand,
           Eb (x43121@3)         F (133211@1)         GmDrawing (355333@1)pictures of mountains that look like bumps,
        F (133211@1)                     CmAnd (x3101x@1)thrashing the air with his hands.

C (x32010@1)                   BbBut (x1333x@1)wait, oh Lather's productive you know,
      C (x32010@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)      CHe (x32010@1)produces the finest of sounds,
                               BbPutting (x1333x@1)drumsticks on either side of his nose,
   C (x32010@1)        Bb (x1333x@1)           C (x32010@1)      Cm (x3101x@1)  Ab (xx1114@1) FSnorting (133211@1)the best licks in town,
      GBut (320003@1)that's all over...

Cm (x3101x@1)      Eb (x43121@3)         BbLather (x1333x@1)was thirty years old today,
      Gm (355333@1)       F (133211@1)            EbAnd (x43121@3)Lather came foam from his tongue.
     Cm (x3101x@1)        Eb (x43121@3)           EbHe (x43121@3)looked at me eyes wide and plainly said,
       Gm (355333@1)         F (133211@1)         EbIs (x43121@3)it true that I'm no longer young?
          Gm (355333@1)    F (133211@1)     Ab (xx1114@1)    FAnd (133211@1)the children call him fay-ay-mous,
          Cm (x3101x@1)    Gm (355333@1)  Fwhat (133211@1)the old men call insane,

Gm (355333@1)  Gm (355333@1)         Ab (xx1114@1)     FAnd (133211@1)some-times he's so nay-aym-less,
         Cm (x3101x@1)    Gm (355333@1)        FThat (133211@1)he hardly knows which game to play...
        CmWhich (x3101x@1)words to say...

Gm (355333@1)        F (133211@1)       CmAnd (x3101x@1)I should have told him, "No, you're not old."
       Gm (355333@1)        F (133211@1)       Cm (x3101x@1)    F (133211@1)     Cm (x3101x@1)And I should have let him go on...smiling...baby-wide.

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