WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Tom Lehrer - Bright College Days Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
D G E7 D
Bright college days, oh, carefree days that fly
G Em Bm A7
To thee we sing with our glasses raised on high
D F#7 Bm F#
Let's drink a toast as each of us recalls
D B7 E7 A7 G D
Ivy-covered professors in ivy-covered halls
[Pre-verse]
D B7
Turn on the spigot
Em A7
Pour the beer and swig it
D A7 D
And gaudeamus igit-ur
[Verse 1]
D7
Here's to parties we tossed
G
To the games that we lost
D7 G
(We shall claim that we won them some day)
[Verse 2]
E7
To the girls young and sweet
A
To the spacious back seat
E7 A
Of our roommate's beat up Chevrolet
[Verse 3]
F#
To the beer and benzedrine
B
To the way that the dean
F# B
Tried so hard to be pals with us all
[Verse 4]
G#
To excuses we fibbed
C#
To the papers we cribbed
G# C# C#dim7
From the genius who lived down the hall
[Bridge]
A A7
To the tables down at Mory's
D Bm
Wherever that may be
E A
Let us drink a toast to all we love the best
A A7
We will sleep through all the lectures
D Bm
And cheat on the exams
E A
And we'll pass, and be forgotten with the rest
[Outro]
D G E7 D
Oh, soon we'll be out amid the cold world's strife
G Em Bm A7
Soon we'll be sliding down the razor blade of life
B F#7 Bm F#
But as we go our sordid sep'rate ways
D B7 E7 A7 G D
We shall ne'er forget thee, thou golden college days
[Coda]
D7 G
Hearts full of youth
C7 F
Hearts full of truth
Bb7 Eb A7 D
Six parts gin to one part vermouth
