Remove AdsI find this song a bit tricky, but it carries so much emotion it is worth
the work to make up an arrangement of it. the recording makes heavy use of
piano with electric guitar embellishments, so this acoustic version
attempts to capture the feel of those instruments. You really Do not need
the fancy E and F#m7 chords, but the forms here Do give the song the feel
of the original. I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who gives this a try.
I tend to submit stuff from rather obscure artists and I oftenwonder if
anyone else actually enjoys playing it.
Chords:
E*: [022404] F#m7/E: [007605] (both use all 6 strings)
D*: [XX0235] D-5: [XX0234] Dmaj7add9: [XX0220]
G9: [300203]
Intro: E*-F#m*,F#m*-E*,E*-F#m*, D*-D-5-D
E* F#m7/E*Thinkin' back to another time
D E4th of July '69
E* F#m7I dropped the top on the Pontiac
D* D-5 Dmaj7add9And we drove on down
E* F#m7/E*Down Cedar Avenue
D ETo the place where the home runs flew
E* F#m7/EWe had a few miles left to go
D EI heard Halls and Hawk on the radio
C#m DAnd even with the volume down
C#m DSo near that I could hear that sound
F#m C#m DOf that rumble in the air
F# C# E BHarmon Killabrew did you ever get my letter
F# C# A E BTen pages of clear blue sky
F# C# A EGreen diamond days gone by
G9 DWonder Why
Bm E Am7 D to IntroThose days are going, going, gone. gone
2nd verse chords are the same except for one line*
I used to hate to hear my dad complain
About the way the world has changed
Now I find that I'm doin' the same
As the years Go by
I went back to the praire to the diamond ground
One last look before they tore it down
They put up a mall with a merry Go round
D (for entire line)
Like there ain't enough shopping malls in this town*
Someone one turn the volume down
I just want to hear the sound
Of those Sundays after noon
REFRAIN replace last line with:
Bm EThose days are going, going, gone
Bridge follows refrain chords except at the last line:
Bm -E and then Go right into Coda
F# C# E B
Coda: Harmon Killabrew did you ever get my letter
F# C# A ETen pages of clear blue sky
F# C# E BHarmon Killabrew I need things to get better
B/G# C# F#m BThese days are going, going, gone, gone
Ending: C#-B, B-C#,C#-B-C#
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