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Capo III *
Am C G
AmLather was Cthirty years Gold today,
they Emtook away Dall of his Ctoys.
His Ammother sent Cnewspaper Gclippings to him,
about his Emold friends who'd Dstopped being Cboys.
There was EmHarwitz E. DGreen, just Fturned thirty Dthree,
his Amleather chair Emwaits at the Dbank.
And EmSargent Dow DJones, twenty Fseven years Dold,
Amcommanding his Emvery own Dtank. 
But CLather still Dfinds it a Emnice thing to do,
to Clie about Dnude in the Emsand
Drawing Cpictures of Dmountains that Emlook like bumps,
and Dthrashing the air with his Amhands.  A  
But Await, oh Lather's proGductive you know,
he Aproduces the Gfinest of Asound
Putting drumsticks on either Gside of his nose,
Asnorting the Gbest licks in Atown; Am  G  D  Am  G  D  
but Ethat's all over
Am G D  Am G D
AmLather was Cthirty years Gold today,
and EmLather came Dfoam from his Ctongue.
He Amlooked at me Ceyes wide and Gplainly said,
is it Emtrue that I'm Dno longer Cyoung? (mommy?)
And the Emchildren Dcall him FfamDous,
what the Amold men Emcall inDsane
And EmsomeDtimes he's so FnameDless,
that he Amhardly Emknows which Dgame to play;
which Cwords to say
And I Cshould have Dtold him, "Emno, you're not old." 
And I Cshould have Dlet him go Emon, Dsmiling, baby Amwide.
Am G D  Am G D
Capo I
 Am= Bm  
  C= D  
  G= A  
 Em= F#m  
  D= E  
  F= G  
  E= F#  

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Lather

by Jefferson Airplane

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

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F#m

Lather chords

Capo III *

Am C G

Lather was thirty years old today,

Em D C

they took away all of his toys.

Am C G

His mother sent newspaper clippings to him,

Em D C

about his old friends who'd stopped being boys.

Em D F D

There was Harwitz E. Green, just turned thirty three,

Am Em D

his leather chair waits at the bank.

Em D F D

And Sargent Dow Jones, twenty seven years old,

Am Em D

commanding his very own tank.

C D Em

But Lather still finds it a nice thing to do,

C D Em

to lie about nude in the sand

C D Em

Drawing pictures of mountains that look like bumps,

D Am A

and thrashing the air with his hands.

A G

But wait, oh Lather's productive you know,

A G A

he produces the finest of sound

Putting drumsticks on either side of his nose,

A G A Am G D Am G D

snorting the best licks in town;

but that's all over

Am G D Am G D

Am C G

Lather was thirty years old today,

Em D C

and Lather came foam from his tongue.

Am C G

He looked at me eyes wide and plainly said,

Em D C

is it true that I'm no longer young? (mommy?)

Em D F D

And the children call him famous,

Am Em D

what the old men call insane

Em D F D

And sometimes he's so nameless,

Am Em D

that he hardly knows which game to play;

which words to say

C D Em

And I should have told him, "no, you're not old."

C D Em D Am

And I should have let him go on, smiling, baby wide.

Am G D Am G D

Capo I

Am Bm

C D

G A

Em F#m

D E

F G

E F#

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