Lather

# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - please note - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # # this file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song . you may only use this file for private study , scholarship , or research . # # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - # lather chords jefferson airplane capo iii Am C G 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 G putting drumsticks on either side of his nose , A G A Am G D Am G D snorting the best licks in town; E 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; C 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 set8