Days Of Elaine chords by The Decemberists
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Intro 1
(D major)
Verse 1
(D major) Those were the days of Elaine
That was the phrase that she
used to describe to her son (C major)
Of the fun (G major) she had had
(D major)
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Verse 2
(D major) Long before he went away
Long before days of the dole
and the draze and the lull (C major)
But the call (G major) never came.
(D major)
Verse 3
To say, (B flat major) oh (C major) oh (D major) oh
Verse 4
Loitering lavender park
Laying about in the day and
the dark of a room (C major)
While the noon (G major) passes by
(D major)
Verse 5
(D major) Always on verge of collapse
Mother would quit and then
suffer a lapse from the drink (C major)
You would think (G major) she was dead
(D major)
Verse 6
What to say, (B flat major) oh oh oh (C major) (D major)
She say, (B flat major) oh oh oh (C major) oh
(D major)
Verse 7
(B minor)
And the time that it takes,
will it go (A major) so slow? (B minor)
She laid on the brakes and she
dulled (A major) the glow
Now, doesn't it (G major) go so slow?
When you build (F sharp major) it up to tear
it down (G major)
You're tearing it down (D major)
You tear it down (G major)
(E major) Those were the days
Those were the days of (G major) Elaine
The days of Elaine (D major)
The days of Elaine
(C major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 8
A lover like Alain Delon
She followed him blind
from saloon to salon
From the hills (C major) to the pills (G major) he would take
(D major)
Verse 9
(D major) Father had died in the mines
Brother had shown no
remorse for his crimes
When they strung (C major) him up he got
(G major) all hung up on the scaf (D major) folding
Verse 10
But he say, (B flat major) oh oh (C major) oh (D major)
He say, (B flat major) oh (C major) oh oh oh
(D major)
Verse 11
(B minor)
And the time that it takes, well,
it goes (A major) so slow (B minor)
She laid on the brakes and she
dulled (A major) the glow
Now, doesn't it (G major) go so slow?
When you build (F sharp major) it up to tear
it down (G major)
You're tearing it down (D major)
You tear it down (G major)
(E minor) Those were the days
Those were the days (G major) of Elaine
The days of Elaine (D major)
Outro 1
The days of Elaine
(C major) (G major) (D major)
(C major) (G major) (D major)
(C major)
Days Of Elaine
The Decemberists
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