Randolph Street Master Of Electricity

G I remember yesterday Bm When I'd sit and watch the hound dogs play Am Howlin' at the China moon D Now yesterday is the busted balloon G Life was young and things were easy, Bm Days were short, nights were warm Am Times were good, hate was shallow D Love was crazy and I had it in my marrow C And I swear that I've seen your face D somewhere back in that time and in that place G Do you remember,…the old house stood like World War Two Bm with just two rooms and a hall to be used Am The lady was mean just slightly unclean D with a heart of cold silver and gold G The kitchen smelled of kerosene Bm Ceiling hung down unveiled the rotted beams Am and the man, they said, his work it could of hung in the Louvre D Now he sits around all day because his left arm won't move C He was a master of the art of electricity D He lectured on tubes and circuitry C He was self-employed, but he could never see D his way into the light G He had a room full of switches and dials and lights Bm and a head full of clouds and eyes full of sight Am And when it got dark,I could hear his heart beat D like a mother in the night G She stood like a guardian ready to give everything up Bm If I had asked for a sword and her blood in a cup Am but there was just a time when I asked for too much D She sighed because she could not give it G We used to sit beneath the tree Bm just the lady, the radio man and me Am And I think it was the winter of '63 D the man went away and let us be C It was early on an August day D that the lady decided she too must go away C For her heart it seems could not pay the price D for what her body was buying G I came home from school and I found the note Bm I went into the kitchen and lit the old stove Am With senses set on overload D I turned on the TV, G spent the rest of the afternoon Bm watching all my old cartoons Am and thru the hall and across the porch D was the sun surrendered like a crying torch