Bright College Days chords by Tom Lehrer

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
D MajorD       G+G     E7E7         D MajorD
Bright college days, oh, carefree days that fly
G+G     E minorEm      B minorBm        A7A7
To thee we sing with our glasses raised on high
D MajorD       F#7F#7   B minorBm      F#F#
Let's drink a toast as each of us recalls
D MajorD  B7B7     E7E7     A7A7 G+G    D MajorD
Ivy-covered professors in ivy-covered halls

Pre-verse:
D MajorD      B7B7
Turn on the spigot
E minorEm        A7A7
Pour the beer and swig it
D MajorD       A7A7  D MajorD
And gaudeamus igit-ur

Verse 1:
     D7D7
Here's to parties we tossed
    G+G
To the games that we lost
     D7D7             G+G
(We shall claim that we won them some day)

Verse 2:
    E7E7
To the girls young and sweet
    A augmentedA
To the spacious back seat
    E7E7            A augmentedA
Of our roommate's beat up Chevrolet

Verse 3:
    F#F#
To the beer and benzedrine
    BB
To the way that the dean
     F#F#           BB
Tried so hard to be pals with us all

Verse 4:
   G#G#
To excuses we fibbed
    C#C#
To the papers we cribbed
     G#G#     C#C#       C#dim7C#dim7
From the genius who lived down the hall

Bridge:
    A augmentedA       A7A7
To the tables down at Mory's
D MajorD         B minorBm
Wherever that may be
    E MajorE                A augmentedA
Let us drink a toast to all we love the best
    A augmentedA           A7A7
We will sleep through all the lectures
  D MajorD      B minorBm
And cheat on the exams
     E MajorE                A augmentedA
And we'll pass, and be forgotten with the rest

Outro:
  D MajorD       G+G  E7E7          D MajorD
Oh, soon we'll be out amid the cold world's strife
G+G       E minorEm        B minorBm       A7A7
Soon we'll be sliding down the razor blade of life
BB     F#7F#7  B minorBm       F#F#
But as we go our sordid sep'rate ways
D MajorD    B7B7    E7E7       A7A7   G+G    D MajorD
We shall ne'er forget thee, thou golden college days

Coda:
D7D7       G+G
Hearts full of youth
C7C7       FF
Hearts full of truth
Bb7Bb7    Eb MajorEb   A7A7    D MajorD
Six parts gin to one part vermouth