Chords for Ramshackle Glory - Eulogy For an Adolescence Shattered Against Elliot Street Pavement

_ [E] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ [Am] You've got knives in your [E] pockets, the gun in your [F] trunk
You've been here since then, since we were struck
[A] The neighbors served less face down [F] on the lawn
_ [A] The creepers and the gun [E] holes in the wall
[F] The burnt tin foil in the hall
[Am] Well, [G] we've just been in bed since [F] you were gone
You _ [Am]
got bears [C] downtown when the dealer's late
Jumping onto [C] the beds at the front [Am] gate
[C] Sleeping behind the school when the [G] landlord comes
Years of [F] being young
I [C] hope I die before [G] I get old
I just hope [F] I die
_ _ [C] Before every room [G] gets cold
Sing it with [D] me now
The wolves have gone [G] our wrongs
Years of [A] being [F] young
_ _ [E] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _
_ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am]
[E] Buy whipped cream on E.V [F].D.
And hop it in to the dark with me
[Am] There's a bill on the [G] table but I don't [F] recognize the name
_ _ [A]
[E] Leave the chain for a good time, [F] maybe swizz-coo-ee
But it takes [Am] fine, or at least it [G] did last time
You've [F] got the shakes
_ [Am] Years of [C] running up the grocery store with a sturdy [Am] pack
Puss in the [C] jacks here that wants [Am] it back
Looking in and out [C] of a van where the [G] wolves come
Years of [F] being young
I _ [C] hope I die before [G] I get old
I just [F] hope I die
_ _ [C] _ Blah blah [G] blah, sing it [D] with me now
Invention [G] gets me strong
Years of [A] being young
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