The Days Of Elaine Chords & Lyrics - Decemberists

[E]those were the days of Elaine, that was the phrase that she used to describe
to her [D]son, of the [A]fun, she had [E]had
[E]long before he went away, long before days of the dull and the dregs
and the [D]lull and the [A]call never [E]came
they say, [C] oh oh [D]oh oh [E]oh

[VERSE]
[E]loitering lavendar park, laying about in the day and the dark
of a [D]room while the [A]noon passes [E]by
[E]always on verge of collapse, mother would quit and then suffer a lapse
from the [D]drink you would [A]think she was [E]dead
but they say, [C] oh oh [D]oh oh [E]oh
she says, [C] oh oh [D]oh oh [E]oh

[C#m]and the time that it takes
well it [B]goes so slow
[C#m]and she laid on the brakes
and [B]she dove below
doesn't it [A]go so slow
when you [G#]build it up to tear it [A]down
you're tearin' [E]down
you tear it [A]down
[F#]those were the days
those were the days of [A]Elaine
the days of [E]Elaine [E]
the days of [D]Elaine [A] [E]

[VERSE]
[E]a lover like Alan Gulan, she followed him blind from saloon to salon
from the [D]hills to the [A]pills he would [E]take
[E]father died in the mines, brother showed no remorse for his times
when they [D]strung him up
he got [A]all hung up on the [E]scaffolding
but he says, [C] oh oh [D]oh oh [E]oh
he says, [C] oh oh [D]oh oh [E]oh

[CHORUS]
[C#m]and the time that it takes
well it [B]goes so slow
[C#m]and she laid on the brakes
and [B]she dove below
doesn't it [A]go so slow
when you [G#]build it up to tear it [A]down
you're tearin' [E]down
you tear it [A]down
[F#]those were the days
those were the days of [A]Elaine
the days of [E]Elaine [E]
the days of [D]Elaine [A] [E]