baxter's: a jefferson airplane family chord collection

C F C F

Am 

What would it gain me

   Em

If I was to go

     Am

Like Jacob of old

       Em

To the well of the world

   Am

To wax halls where candles

     Em

Burn on through the day

   F

To light you a path

G

So you'd never lose your way

C

I was down in the valley

G

Where the shadows are long

C

The birds in the harp tree

G                 G7

Were singing this song

C                  D

There is time to deliver

G         C

Time to receive

Am  

All that you're lacking

G7

Of whatever you need

C                    F

Turn around - by the by

       C             F

You'll still see the sea

      C           F

As it was in the dawning

                  C

As it always will be

Am

Raise up your bottles

Em

And drink down the blood

Am

You planted the vine here

Em

In spite of the flood

Am

Turn an ear to the harp tree

Em

An eye to the wall

    F

The songs in the singing

   G

Or nowhere at all

C

Nowhere to come from

   G

No place to retire

C                  G             G7

No shelter nowhere except in the fire

    C            D         G                C

The birds in the harp tree can finish their song

    Am                            G7

And rest in the branches which is where they belong

    C                         G

But where can a man go that’s sweet to his soul

         C                          G             G7

When his time is not ready but he’s still turning old

         C            D           G             C

Here’s a dram for the piper and a tune for his lady

Am                         G7

Outside the thin walls the waves are still raging

       C

Here's one for the harp tree

    G

And one for his song

C

One for the morning

         G             G7

When the night was too long

       C           D

Here's one for the candle

     G             C

That lights you to bed

    Am

And one for the sword

           G7

That hangs over your head