The Golden Age

Am cigarette c and carrot juice f-g(sus4)
And get yourself a am new tattoo c for those sleeveless f days of g(sus4) june

I'm sitting on the cafe zinho's steps with a book i haven't started yet
Watching all the girls walk by

Could i take you f out
I'll be yours without a dm doubt
C on that big g(sus4) dipper

And if the sound of this it frightens you
We could play it real cool
And act somewhat indifferent

And hey june why did you have to come, why did you have to come around so soon
I wasn't ready for all this nature

The terrible green green grass, and violent blooms of flowered dresses
And afternoons that make me sleepy

But we could wait awhile
Before we push that dull turnstile
Into the passage

The thousands they had tread
And others sometimes fled
Before the turn came

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And we could wait our lives
Before a chance arrives
Before the passage

From the top you can see monterey
Or think about san jose
Though i know it`s not that pleasant

And hey jim kerouac brother of the famous jack
Or so he likes to say "lucky bastard"

He's sitting on the cafe xeno's steps with a girl i'm not over yet
Watching all the world go by

Boy you are looking bad
Did i make you feel that sad
I'm honestly flattered

But if she asks me out
I'll be hers without a doubt
On that big dipper

Cigarettes and carrot juice
And get yourself a new tattoo for those sleeveless days of june

I'm sitting on the cafe xeno's steps
I haven't got the courage yet, i haven't got the courage yet,

I haven't got the ending am courage yet

C-bm-am-g-f-c-g
And it's a c long, long bm way am to the g top
But when you come f down c it's one headlong g rush

You've got an itch to scratch the shiny bits of light
Hanging like stars, hanging like stars

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Section 2:
F-c-g

And mary says, you're such a restless soul
My bicycle spaniard, my magyar of cold

You've got an itch to find what's best left lost and cold
My bicycle spaniard, my poor restless soul
My bicycle spaniard, my poor restless soul

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Tab courtesy of matt stanislawski
Section 1:
B-c-d-eb
B-c-d-eb

Section 2:
E-am-f-c
E-a-f-c

Section 3:
E-c-a-d
E-c-a-d

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Section 1:
E-12-- -- -12-- -14-15---9-- ---9-10-18-17-
B-- -12-- -- -13-- -- -----10------ -- -- -
G-- -- -12-- -- -- -- ------ -9---- -- -- -

Section 2:
E-0-5-7-7b8---0-5-7-8-7-5-3-0

Section 3:
E-----------------------------3---
B-4545454545454545454545454545-545

Lets pick it up e-am
Lets pick it up f-c
Lets pick it up e-a
Lets pick it up f-c

Well the e year of the redneck c mama
It was an-a-nounced by the sign of a d comet
Hanging in the e sky at 3 a. c m.
Again and again a again and again d
And i say

100 flower power maximum
100 flower power maximum
100 flower power maximum
Lets pick it up
Lets pick it up

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Well the year of the redneck mama
It was announced by the sign of a comet
Hanging in the sky at 3 a.m.
That's right

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Lets pick it up
Lets pick it up
Lets pick it up
Lets pick it up

100 flower power maximum
100 flower power maximum
100 flower power maximum
100 flower power maximum
Lets pick it up (maximum)

G-bm-c-a
G-d-c-d
G
Bm-g-bm-c-d (ending:g)

This is the golden age
It's hard to imagine
With the way i feel today
That this is the golden age
The golden age

Somewhere i failed
Somewhere i lost you
In a black crowd of crows
And shiny things
I can't remember

This is the golden age
This is the golden age
The golden age

It seems like i'm high
But baby i'm crawling
In the unbearable days
I threw away
But i should have savored
The flaxen light
Off of the dying wheat
Your rye whiskey mouth
And your dandelion teeth

This is the golden age
This is the golden age
This is the golden age

Section 1:
A-e-f#m-(slide down to e)-d(sus4)
A-e-f#m-(slide down to e)-d(sus4)

Section 2:
D-e-f#m-c#m-d-bm-e(7)
D-e-f#m-c#m-d-bm-e(7)

A we went down to the e old part of town
By the f#m stinking canal and the cotton (slide down to e)-d(sus4) mill
Under a a ghetto palm with her e bicycle shorts on
With a f#m gesture she (slide down to e) said to d(sus4) me

D i e really must con-f#m-fess
C#m i'd like to d get undressed bm with e(7) you
D and though the e thought had never really f#m crossed my mind,
C#m oh, but d that was a lie bm so we went a-e(7)-long

We ran out under the turning leaves
And the fetid earth, it was damp and cool
Autumn's feeble light on her salty neck
All innocence it was lost

I really must confess
I'm feeling quite distressed, my stars are always crossed
But i have always taken more than i have given back
And as a matter of fact, i've given nothing up

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End chord: a

Intro & break:
G

G i'm a little f# rocket ship,
F i'll take you on a c little trip
We'll g leave this planet f# far be-f-hind c

I'm a little tired of it,
And you're a little weary
I can tell, yeah yeah eb-bb-f-c-d-eb-bb-g-f#

Well, eb i'm a little rocket ship
And bb you are queen andromeda
Of f all the stars, those with names
And c those in clusters
Eb you are unaccountedly
Bb infinite, so can't you see that
G i'm a little rocket f# ship

Break

I'm a little rocket ship
I'll take you on a little trip
And leave this planet far behind

Do you suppose that they've been here?
I don't know, but i've been there
Do you wanna come along?

I'm a little rocket ship
And you are crowned magnificent
Of all the stars, those with names
And those in dingy drag bars
They plead with you not to go
To pleiades or scorpio
And i'm a little rocket ship

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