Last Year Of The Blue Men
Kenny Young
From: Last Stage For Silverworld (1973)
Capo: 1

| E| (022100@1)C#m| (x13321@4)B| (x2444x@1)B| (x2444x@1)E| (022100@1)G#m| (133111@4)A| (x02220@1)A| (x02220@1)
E (022100@1)                           BIt's (x2444x@1)the last year of the Blue Men who watchdog Part Two Heaven
A (x02220@1)                         EGiving (022100@1)way to young ones in nineteen ninety seven
    E (022100@1)                           F#mWho (244222@1)follow in their footsteps and wear the breathing masks
    E (022100@1)             B (x2444x@1)            A (x02220@1)             EAnd (022100@1)answer all your questions, and ration out your tasks

C#m (x13321@4)           G#m (133111@4)     F#m (244222@1)          EThere (022100@1)will be time enough for love, and room enough to play
    E (022100@1)             B (x2444x@1)        A (x02220@1)           EFor (022100@1)planting Pieces babies, or passing time away
              C#m (x13321@4)           G#m (133111@4)        F#m (244222@1)           EThere (022100@1)will be time enough for thought, and room enough for words
     E (022100@1)               B (x2444x@1)          A (x02220@1)                EThat (022100@1)float like pillow feathers and sing just like the birds

E (022100@1)                         BStock (x2444x@1)up your provisions, devise a shell rock shelter
      A (x02220@1)                           EWhere (022100@1)jovial ceilings smile down on every room you enter
      E (022100@1)                          F#mPaint (244222@1)windows in your gardens, and windmills on your doors
    E (022100@1)           B (x2444x@1)         A (x02220@1)           EAnd (022100@1)lock away the memory that Daddy died in war

C#m (x13321@4)           G#m (133111@4)     F#m (244222@1)          EThere (022100@1)will be time enough for love, and room enough to play
    E (022100@1)             B (x2444x@1)        A (x02220@1)           EFor (022100@1)planting Pieces babies, or passing time away

| C#mG#m | F#mE | EB | AE | E (022100@1)|

C#m (x13321@4)          G#m (133111@4)        E. (022100@1)Turn in your number for a color bye
A (x02220@1)        G#m (133111@4)         F# (244322@1)              B (x2444x@1) - A- (x02220@1)G#m- (133111@4)F#m (244222@1)Trade in tomorrow's cake . for yesterday's pie - i - i --- i

E (022100@1)                             BIt's (x2444x@1)the last year of the full moon that shines on Part Two Heaven
    A (x02220@1)                               EBut (022100@1)we still play the moon songs from nineteen fifty seven
    E (022100@1)                       F#mThe (244222@1)files of pleasure photos, recall us to our prime
    E (022100@1)            B (x2444x@1)         A (x02220@1)                  C#mAnd (x13321@4)rock-a-bye us, lullabye us back to the good old times

?1973 Kangaroo Music
Charted by Dexex

Note: In the recording I have, the whole song is a little sharp. If
you play along with the recording on a guitar tuned with a digital
tuner you'll find the chords in the chart just a little low. If you
play the song a half step higher you'll find the half step is too
high.

I suspect that the record's producers wanted a little more energy
from the track, and so sped it up just a little. Speeding up the
track would also make it just a little bit higher in pitch. This was
not an unusual practice when the track was recorded in 1973.

To test my theory I used iRehearse, which is a digital phrase trainer
that allows you to change the pitch and/or tempo of digital sound
files. (It's a great rehearsal tool.)

By lowering the pitch about 1/2 semi-tone (aka -50 "cents") I was
able to bring the recording back into perfect tune.