The Decemberists – The Days Of Elaine (Ukulele)

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those were the days of Elaine, that was the phrase that she used to describe

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to her son, of the fun, she had had

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long before he went away, long before days of the dull and the dregs

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and the lull and the call never came

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they say,   oh oh oh oh oh

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loitering lavendar park, laying about in the day and the dark

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of a room while the noon passes by

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always on verge of collapse, mother would quit and then suffer a lapse

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from the drink you would think she was dead

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but they say,   oh oh oh oh oh

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she says,   oh oh oh oh oh

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and the time that it takes

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well it goes so slow

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and she laid on the brakes

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and she dove below

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doesn't it go so slow

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when you build it up to tear it down

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you're tearin' down

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you tear it down

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those were the days

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those were the days of Elaine

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the days of Elaine

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the days of Elaine

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a lover like Alan Gulan, she followed him blind from saloon to salon

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from the hills to the pills he would take

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father died in the mines, brother showed no remorse for his times

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when they strung him up

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he got all hung up on the scaffolding

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but he says,    oh oh oh oh oh

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he says,   oh oh oh oh oh

C#m
and the time that it takes

        B
well it goes so slow

C#m
and she laid on the brakes

    B
and she dove below

           A
doesn't it go so slow

         G#                     A            
when you build it up to tear it down

               E
you're tearin' down

            A
you tear it down

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those were the days

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those were the days of Elaine

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the days of Elaine

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the days of Elaine