1959 Chords by Patti Smith

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Listen [Em] to [Bm] my story, _ _
[Em] got [A] two [Bm] tales to tell, _ [F#m] _
[Em] one of [Bm] fallen glory, _ _
[Em] one of [Bm] vanity. _ _
[F#m] The [E] world's [Bm] roof was _ _ [Em] rachin', we were [A] [Bm] lookin' fine, _ [F#m] we put [Em] that [Bm] thing in a few weeks.
[Em] _ [A] _ [Bm] In 1959, _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] wisdom [Em] [Bm] was deep hot, _
[Em] pouring [A] [Bm] from above. _ _
[F#m] _ _ [Em] [Bm] Desolation _ _ angels [Em] served [A] it [Bm] up with love, _ _
[F#m] ignitin' [Em] light, [Bm] gave it form of life,
[Em] and moved [A] by [Bm] both sides. _ _
[F#m] [Em] Slippin' and floatin' [Bm] through the winds, [Em] in _ [A] _ [Bm] 1939, _ _ _
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[D] it was a little _ [A] China's [G#] sun. _
[F#] The great _ _ [F#m] _ David, _
[D] _ he had [A] a dream, [G#] _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G#] a dream [F#m] that _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[F#m] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[E] _ [A] he could never [Bm] _ wake from. _
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[F#m] _ [Em] China [Bm] was tempest, _
[Em] _ [A] madness _ [Bm] _ _ _
[F#m] overflowed.
The [Em] llama [Bm] was a young man, [Em] and watched [A] his world [Bm] in flames.
[F#m] He condoned [Em] _ [Bm] everybody, he did good clouds, [Em] the woods [A] were [Bm] dry in shade. _ _
[F#m] Another [Em] [Bm] love to rise and [Em] to bat [A] the [Bm] fallen _ star. _
[F#m] _ [Em] Wisdom [Bm] and compassion thrushed [Em] in the land [A] of [Bm] Shangri-La,
but [F#m] in the [Em] land of [Bm] the empire, [Em] honey, well, we [A] were [Bm] lookin' fine,
_ [F#m]
cause we [Em] put that [Bm] thing in a few weeks [Em] in [A] _ _ [Bm] 1959.
_ Cause [F#m] we put that [E] thing [Bm] in a few [Em] weeks in _ [A] _ [Bm] 1959.
_ It [F#m] was a [E] pebble's [Bm] eyes, it was a little time [Em] in [A] _ _ [Bm] 1959.
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_ _ [A] _ [Bm] 1959, _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] 1959, [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ [Bm] 1959, _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ [Bm] 1959, _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ [Bm] 1959, _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ [Bm] 1959.
_ _ [Em] It was a [A] pebble's eyes, [Bm] it was a little time [Em]
in [A] 1959.
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