Another Age(Chords)

	        

Intro: Am- F G Am- F G 

Am                                            E     Am  E Am 
There's a man walking round the island with a snake cane 
Am                                 E  Am     E Am 
He picked it up in Thailand from a hurricane 
        C                   G 
And you know he's not gonna go there 
                       F  G 
He's been one time too long 
                     C    Am 
Now all the gods are gone    (Though the game is gone) 
The younger boys are drowning in a shallow sea 
The night belongs to snipers in palm trees 
And their sabres flashed like lightning 
In the charge of the last brigade 
They must have been afraid 

E 
Soldiers have their sorrow 
    F 
The wretched have their rage 
Dm                         G 
Pray for the aged it's the dawn of another age 
            Am 
Of another age 
            C 
Of another age 
            Am 
Of another age 

The blood running down the blackboard on a blank(?) screen  
(in a thin stream?) 
The convicts shake their cages of a bad dream 
And they'll coach you in the classroom that it cannot happen here 
But it has happened here 
I remember nothing that I memorized  
(The cockroach cops are crawling on a battle ground) 
I got my education from a black eye ( 
The shields are in the shadows, it's a college town) 
And they'll teach you law and order 
If you dare to raise your hand 
Spare the glove and spoil the man 
Soldiers have their sorrow 
The wretched have their rage 
Pray for the aged 
It's the dawn of another age 
Of another age 
Of another age 

Thomas Paine and Jesse James are old friends 
And Robin Hood is riding on the road again 
We were born in a revolution and we died in a wasted war 
It's gone that way before 
The dogs are chasing chicken bones across the lawn 
If that was an election, I'm a Viet Cong 
So I pledge allegiance against the flag 
and the (fall,flaw,cloth?) for which it stands 
I'll raise/raze it if I can  (Pledge allegiance to the land) 
Soldier have their sorrow 
The wretched have their rage 
Pray for the aged 
It's the dawn of another age 
Of another age 
Of another age 
Of another age 
Of another age 

Notes: 

Phil changed the lyrics somewhat between Rehearsals For Retirement and There and Now -  
Live in Vancouver 1968 The lyrics in parenthesis are from the latter performance. 

Chords supplied by Cody Gillespie-Lynch
	        

Written by Phil Ochs