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NC
Raise your can of beer on high, and seal your fate forever
                                                           (  A   G) x4
Our best years have past us by, the golden age of leather
This wAas the night not long to cGome in the yAear of our Lord A.D.G  
WhAere in a desert, way-hGouse poised on the brAink of eternityG  
FFour and nDminety sAm/Etudded hDmorsemen clFosed the kDmnot of Am/EhonorDm  
As oFnly dDmrunken Am/EsoldieFrs cAanG  
And pAassed from man to manG, a wAanton child to dead to cGare
That eAach would find his pleasure Gas he mAightG  
For this fantAastic night was billedG, as nAothing less than the end oGf an age
A lAast crusade, a fGinal outrage, Ain this day of flacid plGumage
 FAnd tDmhere was Am/Eworn no cDmloth but lFeatDmherAm/E  Dm  
 Made sFupple Dmby Am/Eyears of stFinging cAindersG  
And hAere were seen, the scGars of aAge
for age hGad been the cAommon call for one laGst night togetherF  
Solo:   Eb  Dm  
DDmown cColored the sBbky (the ritual fDmeast)
SDmome hCad dBbied (they were buried with their bDmikes)
EDmach grCabbed a Bbrag (from a man with a sDmack)
TDmorn stCrips of Bbcolor (the red and the bDmlack)
Bridge:      Dm   C    DmNC
DmI,   C    Dmcame here wCillinglyG,   Cand DmI,   C    Dmwill go down vCaliantlyG  C  
We made a Bbvow to give it all we had to gAive
We made a Bbvow to die as we had lAivedC  Dm  
Solo:  Dm
They flDmew the colors, they began to fight
They flDmailed at each other like bugs at a light
BDmodies and bikes beyond repair, smDmell of oil and gas in the airDm  
Then the Dmwind whipped the desert with a giant hand
And the hDmumans and the Harleys caught the shifting sandDm  
And the Dmold ranger weathered the storm
And he tDmopped the rise by the middle of morn
                                     Dm   C   DmNC
He saw rippled dunes, calm and surreal
                                       Dm   C   DmNC
And a glint of a shaft of chromium steel
GDmold..C.   DmGolden aDmge..C. Dm  
e-A--------G3---3-------------------------------------
B-2-2-2---3---3-------------------------------------
G-2-2-2---0---0-------------------------------------
D-2-2-2---0---0-------------------------------------
A-0-0-0---------------------------------------------
E---------3p2h3-------------------------------------

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Golden Age Of Leather

by Blue Öyster Cult

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Am/E

Raise your can of beer on high, and seal your fate forever

A G

( ) x4

Our best years have past us by, the golden age of leather

A G A G

This was the night not long to come in the year of our Lord A.D.

A G A G

Where in a desert, way-house poised on the brink of eternity

F Dm Am/E Dm F Dm Am/E Dm

Four and ninety studded horsemen closed the knot of honor

F Dm Am/E F A G

As only drunken soldiers can

A G A G

And passed from man to man, a wanton child to dead to care

A G A G

That each would find his pleasure as he might

A G A G

For this fantastic night was billed, as nothing less than the end of an age

A G A G

A last crusade, a final outrage, in this day of flacid plumage

F Dm Am/E Dm F Dm Am/E Dm

And there was worn no cloth but leather

F Dm Am/E F A G

Made supple by years of stinging cinders

A G A

And here were seen, the scars of age

G A G F

for age had been the common call for one last night together

Eb Dm

Solo:

Dm C Bb Dm

Down colored the sky (the ritual feast)

Dm C Bb Dm

Some had died (they were buried with their bikes)

Dm C Bb Dm

Each grabbed a rag (from a man with a sack)

Dm C Bb Dm

Torn strips of color (the red and the black)

Dm C Dm

Bridge: NC

Dm C Dm C G C Dm C Dm C G C

I, came here willingly, and I, will go down valiantly

Bb A

We made a vow to give it all we had to give

Bb A C Dm

We made a vow to die as we had lived

Solo: Dm

They flew the colors, they began to fight

They flailed at each other like bugs at a light

Dm Dm Dm

Bodies and bikes beyond repair, smell of oil and gas in the air

Then the wind whipped the desert with a giant hand

Dm Dm

And the humans and the Harleys caught the shifting sand

And the old ranger weathered the storm

And he topped the rise by the middle of morn

Dm C Dm

He saw rippled dunes, calm and surreal

Dm C Dm

And a glint of a shaft of chromium steel

Dm C Dm Dm C Dm

Gold... Golden age...

A G

e---------3---3-------------------------------------

B-2-2-2---3---3-------------------------------------

G-2-2-2---0---0-------------------------------------

D-2-2-2---0---0-------------------------------------

A-0-0-0---------------------------------------------

E---------3p2h3-------------------------------------

About Golden Age Of Leather Chords by Blue Öyster Cult

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