Chords for Jefferson Airplane - Lather
Tempo:
159.2 bpm
Chords used:
F
Gm
Eb
Bb
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Cm]
Lather was thirty [Bb] years old today.
[Gm] They took [F] away all of [Eb] his toys.
[C] His mother [Eb] sent newspaper [Bb] clippings to him [Gm] about his old friends [F] who'd stopped [Eb] being boys.
[Gm] There was Howard [F] C.
Green, [Ab] just turned [F] thirty-three.
[Eb] His mother [Gm] chaired oats [F] at the bank.
[Gm] And Sergeant [F] Dalladrone, [Ab] twenty [Bb]-seven [F] years old, [Eb] commanding [Gm] his way.
[F]
[Eb] [F] Still finds it [Gm] a nice thing to [Cm] do, to lie [F] about mood [Gm] and to [Eb] draw pictures [F] of mountains [G] that look like bumps [F] and thrashes.
[C]
Great old [Bb] Lather's productive, you know, [Gm] he produces the finest of [C] sound.
Hitting drumsticks on [Bb] either side of his [C] nose, slaughtering the best licks in town.
[Cm] But
[Bb]
[Cm]
[Gm] [C]
that's [Cm] all [Ab] over.
[Cm]
[Bb] [Cm]
Lather was [Eb] thirty [Bb] years old today, [Gm] and Lather [F] came home from [Eb] his town.
He [C] looked [Bb] at [Eb] me, eyes wide [Bb] and plainly say, [Gm] is it true that [F] I'm no [Eb] longer young?
[Gm] And the children [F]
call [Ab] him [F]
famous, [Eb] what the old [G] men [F] call insane.
[Gm] And [F]
sometimes [Ab] he's so [Bb] [F] nameless [Eb] that he [Gm] hardly knows [F] a thing to play.
[Eb] It's words to say, and I should [F] have told [Gm] him, no you're not old, [Eb] and I should [F] have let him [G] go.
And [F] he smiled, and [Cm] he was wise.
[Bb]
[C]
[G]
[N]
Lather was thirty [Bb] years old today.
[Gm] They took [F] away all of [Eb] his toys.
[C] His mother [Eb] sent newspaper [Bb] clippings to him [Gm] about his old friends [F] who'd stopped [Eb] being boys.
[Gm] There was Howard [F] C.
Green, [Ab] just turned [F] thirty-three.
[Eb] His mother [Gm] chaired oats [F] at the bank.
[Gm] And Sergeant [F] Dalladrone, [Ab] twenty [Bb]-seven [F] years old, [Eb] commanding [Gm] his way.
[F]
[Eb] [F] Still finds it [Gm] a nice thing to [Cm] do, to lie [F] about mood [Gm] and to [Eb] draw pictures [F] of mountains [G] that look like bumps [F] and thrashes.
[C]
Great old [Bb] Lather's productive, you know, [Gm] he produces the finest of [C] sound.
Hitting drumsticks on [Bb] either side of his [C] nose, slaughtering the best licks in town.
[Cm] But
[Bb]
[Cm]
[Gm] [C]
that's [Cm] all [Ab] over.
[Cm]
[Bb] [Cm]
Lather was [Eb] thirty [Bb] years old today, [Gm] and Lather [F] came home from [Eb] his town.
He [C] looked [Bb] at [Eb] me, eyes wide [Bb] and plainly say, [Gm] is it true that [F] I'm no [Eb] longer young?
[Gm] And the children [F]
call [Ab] him [F]
famous, [Eb] what the old [G] men [F] call insane.
[Gm] And [F]
sometimes [Ab] he's so [Bb] [F] nameless [Eb] that he [Gm] hardly knows [F] a thing to play.
[Eb] It's words to say, and I should [F] have told [Gm] him, no you're not old, [Eb] and I should [F] have let him [G] go.
And [F] he smiled, and [Cm] he was wise.
[Bb]
[C]
[G]
[N]
Key:
F
Gm
Eb
Bb
Cm
F
Gm
Eb
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Lather was thirty [Bb] years old today. _
[Gm] They took [F] away all of [Eb] his toys. _ _
[C] His mother [Eb] sent newspaper [Bb] _ clippings to him [Gm] about his old friends [F] who'd stopped [Eb] being _ boys.
[Gm] There was Howard [F] C.
Green, [Ab] just turned [F] thirty-three.
[Eb] His mother [Gm] chaired oats [F] at the bank. _ _ _
[Gm] And Sergeant [F] Dalladrone, [Ab] twenty [Bb]-seven [F] years old, [Eb] _ commanding [Gm] his way.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] Still finds it [Gm] a nice thing to [Cm] do, to lie [F] about mood [Gm] and to _ _ _ [Eb] draw pictures [F] of mountains [G] that look like bumps [F] and thrashes. _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Great old _ [Bb] Lather's productive, you know, [Gm] he produces the finest of [C] _ sound. _
Hitting drumsticks on [Bb] either side of his [C] nose, _ slaughtering the best licks in town. _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ But _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _
that's [Cm] all [Ab] over.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Lather was [Eb] thirty [Bb] years old today, _ [Gm] and Lather [F] came home from [Eb] his town. _ _
He [C] looked [Bb] at [Eb] me, eyes wide [Bb] and plainly say, [Gm] is it true that [F] I'm no [Eb] longer young? _ _
[Gm] And the children [F]
call [Ab] him _ _ [F] _
famous, [Eb] what the old [G] men [F] call insane. _ _
[Gm] And _ _ [F] _
sometimes [Ab] he's so [Bb] _ [F] _ nameless [Eb] that he _ [Gm] hardly knows [F] a thing to play. _
[Eb] It's words to say, and I should [F] have told [Gm] him, no you're not old, [Eb] and I should [F] have let him [G] go. _ _
And [F] he smiled, _ _ and [Cm] he was _ _ _ _ wise. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Lather was thirty [Bb] years old today. _
[Gm] They took [F] away all of [Eb] his toys. _ _
[C] His mother [Eb] sent newspaper [Bb] _ clippings to him [Gm] about his old friends [F] who'd stopped [Eb] being _ boys.
[Gm] There was Howard [F] C.
Green, [Ab] just turned [F] thirty-three.
[Eb] His mother [Gm] chaired oats [F] at the bank. _ _ _
[Gm] And Sergeant [F] Dalladrone, [Ab] twenty [Bb]-seven [F] years old, [Eb] _ commanding [Gm] his way.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] Still finds it [Gm] a nice thing to [Cm] do, to lie [F] about mood [Gm] and to _ _ _ [Eb] draw pictures [F] of mountains [G] that look like bumps [F] and thrashes. _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Great old _ [Bb] Lather's productive, you know, [Gm] he produces the finest of [C] _ sound. _
Hitting drumsticks on [Bb] either side of his [C] nose, _ slaughtering the best licks in town. _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ But _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _
that's [Cm] all [Ab] over.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Lather was [Eb] thirty [Bb] years old today, _ [Gm] and Lather [F] came home from [Eb] his town. _ _
He [C] looked [Bb] at [Eb] me, eyes wide [Bb] and plainly say, [Gm] is it true that [F] I'm no [Eb] longer young? _ _
[Gm] And the children [F]
call [Ab] him _ _ [F] _
famous, [Eb] what the old [G] men [F] call insane. _ _
[Gm] And _ _ [F] _
sometimes [Ab] he's so [Bb] _ [F] _ nameless [Eb] that he _ [Gm] hardly knows [F] a thing to play. _
[Eb] It's words to say, and I should [F] have told [Gm] him, no you're not old, [Eb] and I should [F] have let him [G] go. _ _
And [F] he smiled, _ _ and [Cm] he was _ _ _ _ wise. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _