Tuning: E A D G B E

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 w^Aas the night not long to c^Gome in the y^Aear of our Lord A.D.^G Wh^Aere in a desert, way-h^Gouse poised on the br^Aink of eternity ^G

F^Four and n^Dminety s^Am/Etudded h^Dmorsemen cl^Fosed the k^Dmnot of ^Am/Ehonor^Dm As o^Fnly d^Dmrunken ^Am/Esoldie^Frs c^Aan ^G

And p^Aassed from man to man^G, a w^Aanton child to dead to c^Gare That e^Aach would find his pleasure ^Gas he m^Aight^G For this fant^Aastic night was billed^G, as n^Aothing less than the end o^Gf an age A l^Aast crusade, a f^Ginal outrage, ^Ain this day of flacid pl^Gumage

^F And t^Dmhere was ^Am/Eworn no c^Dmloth but l^Feat^Dmher ^Am/E ^Dm Made s^Fupple ^Dmby ^Am/Eyears of st^Finging c^Ainders ^G

And h^Aere were seen, the sc^Gars of a^Age for age h^Gad been the c^Aommon call for one la^Gst night together ^F

Solo: Eb Dm

D^Dmown c^Colored the s^Bbky (the ritual f^Dmeast) S^Dmome h^Cad d^Bbied (they were buried with their b^Dmikes) E^Dmach gr^Cabbed a ^Bbrag (from a man with a s^Dmack) T^Dmorn st^Crips of ^Bbcolor (the red and the b^Dmlack)

Bridge: Dm C Dm NC

^DmI, ^C ^Dm came here w^Cillingly^G, ^C and ^DmI, ^C ^Dm will go down v^Caliantly ^G ^C We made a ^Bbvow to give it all we had to g^Aive We made a ^Bbvow to die as we had l^Aived ^C ^Dm

Solo: Dm

They fl^Dmew the colors, they began to fight They fl^Dmailed at each other like bugs at a light B^Dmodies and bikes beyond repair, sm^Dmell of oil and gas in the air ^Dm

Then the ^Dmwind whipped the desert with a giant hand And the h^Dmumans and the Harleys caught the shifting sand ^Dm

And the ^Dmold ranger weathered the storm And he t^Dmopped the rise by the middle of morn Dm C Dm NC He saw rippled dunes, calm and surreal Dm C Dm NC And a glint of a shaft of chromium steel G^Dmold..^C. ^Dm Golden a^Dmge..^C. ^Dm

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Blue Oyster Cult - Golden age of leather