Decemberists - The days of elaine

^Ethose were the days of Elaine, that was the phrase that she used to describe to her ^Dson, of the ^Afun, she had ^Ehad ^Elong before he went away, long before days of the dull and the dregs and the ^Dlull and the ^Acall never ^Ecame they say, ^C oh oh ^Doh oh ^Eoh

^Eloitering lavendar park, laying about in the day and the dark of a ^Droom while the ^Anoon passes ^Eby ^Ealways on verge of collapse, mother would quit and then suffer a lapse from the ^Ddrink you would ^Athink she was ^Edead but they say, ^C oh oh ^Doh oh ^Eoh she says, ^C oh oh ^Doh oh ^Eoh

^C#mand the time that it takes well it ^Bgoes so slow ^C#mand she laid on the brakes and ^Bshe dove below doesn't it ^Ago so slow when you ^G#build it up to tear it ^Adown you're tearin' ^Edown you tear it ^Adown ^F#those were the days those were the days of ^AElaine the days of ^EElaine ^E the days of ^DElaine ^{A E}

^Ea lover like Alan Gulan, she followed him blind from saloon to salon from the ^Dhills to the ^Apills he would ^Etake ^Efather died in the mines, brother showed no remorse for his times when they ^Dstrung him up he got ^Aall hung up on the ^Escaffolding but he says, ^C oh oh ^Doh oh ^Eoh he says, ^C oh oh ^Doh oh ^Eoh

^C#mand the time that it takes well it ^Bgoes so slow ^C#mand she laid on the brakes and ^Bshe dove below doesn't it ^Ago so slow when you ^G#build it up to tear it ^Adown you're tearin' ^Edown you tear it ^Adown ^F#those were the days those were the days of ^AElaine the days of ^EElaine ^E the days of ^DElaine ^{A E}