Last Year Of The Blue Men

	  		
 

| E | C#m | B | B | E | G#m | A | A | 

         E                             B 
It's the last year of the Blue Men who watchdog Part Two Heaven 
A                           E 
Giving way to young ones in nineteen ninety seven 
    E                             F#m 
Who follow in their footsteps and wear the breathing masks 
    E               B              A               E 
And answer all your questions, and ration out your tasks 

              C#m             G#m       F#m            E 
There will be time enough for love, and room enough to play 
    E               B          A             E 
For planting Pieces babies, or passing time away 
              C#m             G#m          F#m             E 
There will be time enough for thought, and room enough for words 
     E                 B            A                  E 
That float like pillow feathers and sing just like the birds 

E                           B 
Stock up your provisions, devise a shell rock shelter 
      A                             E 
Where jovial ceilings smile down on every room you enter 
      E                            F#m 
Paint windows in your gardens, and windmills on your doors 
    E             B           A             E 
And lock away the memory that Daddy died in war 

              C#m             G#m       F#m            E 
There will be time enough for love, and room enough to play 
    E               B          A             E 
For planting Pieces babies, or passing time away 

| C#m G#m | F#m E | E B | A E | E <> | 

C#m            G#m          E 
. Turn in your number for a color bye 
A          G#m           F#                B   - A - G#m - F#m  
Trade in tomorrow's cake . for yesterday's pie - i - i --- i 

         E                               B 
It's the last year of the full moon that shines on Part Two Heaven 
    A                                 E 
But we still play the moon songs from nineteen fifty seven 
    E                         F#m 
The files of pleasure photos, recall us to our prime 
    E              B           A                    C#m 
And rock-a-bye us, lullabye us back to the good old times 


©1973 Kangaroo Music 
Charted by Dexex 


Note: In the recording I have, the whole song is a little sharp. If 
you play along with the recording on a guitar tuned with a digital 
tuner you'll find the chords in the chart just a little low. If you 
play the song a half step higher you'll find the half step is too 
high. 

I suspect that the record's producers wanted a little more energy 
from the track, and so sped it up just a little. Speeding up the 
track would also make it just a little bit higher in pitch. This was 
not an unusual practice when the track was recorded in 1973. 

To test my theory I used iRehearse, which is a digital phrase trainer 
that allows you to change the pitch and/or tempo of digital sound 
files. (It's a great rehearsal tool.) 

By lowering the pitch about 1/2 semi-tone (aka -50 "cents") I was 
able to bring the recording back into perfect tune.