Aftermath chords by Don Mclean

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G G G G


Verse 1:
G
 Windows in a silent room , sunlight burns the walls to black
Am
 Angles and dimensions melt while colors drip and pillows crack
Bm
 Reflections of my memories like pictures pasted on a sheet
Am                  G
 The ribbon film of separate frames lying curled up at my feet

Verse 2:
G                    D/F#
 The film is just a snake design and the photographs are fading fast
F                 G
 These are not memories of mine I have no future, no past
D
 I've seen a thousand afternoons dissolve into the night
D
 Like sugar crystals on a spoon they disappear from sight
Em7        A            G    F#m   Em7    A
Gray days from the crispest morning to the warmest afternoon  in this room


Verse 3:
D                       C
 And I like to draw the face I saw so long ago
D            C           D
 My image in the mirror tells the jagged lines which way to go
Em7          A         G       F#m
 The black and white description of the sole survivor of the Holocaust
G
 All the rest were lost


Verse 4:
G
 Do you see this paper face? It has no color or no mood
Am
 My eyes are ageless, as am I. I need no sleep, I need no food
Bm
 I am a king, but like a child the other children laugh at me
Am              G
Tongues of fire, wagging wild they dance around me merrily


Verse 5:
G                 D/F#
 I'll kill them all and if I fail I'll kill whoever I can find
F
 Then they'll beg me to be kind
D
 My eyes have seen far more than eyes can ever tell
D
 This planet plunged through mushroom fires of earthly hell
Em7           A        D   F#m
  I know that my sweet Jesus said that he'd return
  Em7     A       G   G7 D
But Babylon has fallen and the cities  burn