Days Of The Years

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[Verse 1]

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Leaving my coat at the Greyhound station
           A
Raising my arms in supplication
            Bm
Making some money, spending some money
              A
Drinking Pepsi, just walking around
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Making people hate me, making people laugh
        A
Fear of drowning in a shallow bath
              Bm
Feeling under-dressed in the cold midwest
           A
Kissing my grandmother goodbye
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Watching the crocuses bloom and fade
       A
Easter bonnet from an old parade
           Bm
Exchanging pleasantries under pleasant trees
     A
Over griefs and apéritifs


[Chorus]

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These are the days of the years of my life


[Verse 2]

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American summer and it's all a breeze
           A
Buck-tooth girls in skin-tight jeans
            Bm
The mastiff heels, the accounts are solvent
         A
I’m crooning in the open West
           D
Meeting my baby at a greasy spoon
         A
Sitting alone in the Rembrandt room
               Bm
Walking in the shade where lilies weep
      A
Under clouds of marzipan
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Walking in the dark of Monument Valley
       A
Feding stay cats in a narrow alley
             Bm
The song was weird, but still they cheered
               A
It's scrambled eggs and solitaire


[Chorus]

              D           A           Bm    A
These are the days of the years of my life


[Verse 3]

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Mopping up gore from the butcher's floor
        A
Feeling clean as a new drug store
        Bm
Singing loud idiotic songs
                  A
In the blue, blue mountains walking along
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Night-long drives on the wild edges
     A
Apparitions in the neighbor’s hedges
      Bm
Sinus drips and Battleship
        A
Putting ashes in a rushing stream
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Watching a city turn into sea
            A
Standing in water up to the knee
           Bm
Missing my stop on a city bus
       A
In the land of propaganda


[Chorus]

              D           A           Bm    A
These are the days of the years of my life
              D           A            Bm    A
These are the days of the years of our life


[Interlude]

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[Verse 4]

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Watching birds on a drowsy sea
               A
Sittin' in the dark of a family tree
        Bm
Funeral flowers and paperwork
            A
Drowning my dreams in mountain streams
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Standing tall in a cap and gown
      A
And a house that's since burned down
           Bm
It's summertime in the Catskills now
        A
Leisure classes in the mountain passes
            D
The jaws of life and the jaws of death
        A
Hearing secrets in a dying breath
           Bm
In a black four-door sedan
         A
Down the road to the end of the world


[Chorus]

              D           A           Bm    A  D
These are the days of the years of my life
              D           A           Bm    A
These are the days of the years of my life