Owen Temple - Golden Age Chords

Golden Age
By Owen Temple
3/27/2010



Drop D Tuning


  D                                     G 
A building filled with a hundred rooms, looms overhead
   A                             G              D 
Behind the glass and curtains, a million lovers beds
     D                            G 
They bulldozed that old beerjoint where we drank for free
           A                             G               D
They put a hotel on the skyline where O. Henry's used to be


Chorus:
     Bm             G 
Four thousand days ago 
     A               D
in a flood of summer rays
Bm                  G
These are streets I know 
     A               D
back from the golden age


It was dark as night at the crack of noon, Lucky Strikes and gin
The sun goes down, the clock goes round, oh to be twenty one again
Dominoes, the stories go, onto another round
Another day, bills to pay, til the Hilton tore it down


Chorus


Sunglasses mask a passing glance as the light begins to fade
Wind blows trash across the street like a mardi gras parade
Staggering like a harlequin I drank at every bar
Finally found my way to sleep in the backseat of my car


Chorus