Capo: 5

Eagle On a Pole (version from self titled 1st album "Conor Oberst") by Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley band CAPO ON 5 This version was created by mashing up a few of the existing tabs and the comments/corrections as well as adding a few small things that I picked up myself. The lyrics were wrong on the other tabs also. Most of it can be strummed and sounds pretty good if finger picking is not your thing but I really think the Cmaj -> Em7 -> A#/Am -> Am progression in "watched its shadow fly 'cross the cement" needs to be played with a descending arpeggio to sound good. Please do not assume the Am in the "El cielo es azul" progression is a typo. I'm pretty sure the A# root note is left out from the other stanze to make this part sound more powerful and less dissonant. Let's define some chords. I apologize if I've used the wrong names for some of these. If you follow these definitions I promise it will all work out.

^Cmaj------ E|x B|o G|o D|2 A|3 E|x

^Em7------- E|x B|x G|o D|o A|2 E|x

A#/Am ------- E|x B|o G|2 D|2 A|1 E|x

^G7------- E|x B|o G|o D|3 A|2 E|3

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^CmajSaw an eagle on a pol^Ame ^CmajI think it was an e^Amagle Cmaj Em7 A#/Am Am Watched its shadow fly 'cross the cement ^CmajAnd I woke up in the sno^Amw, ^Cmajall the trees were crowds of peopl^Ame. Cmaj Em7 A#/Am G7 No coat, no shoes, no idea where they went.

^CmajI followed the fenceline thi^Amn, ^Cmajback where the yard begin^Ams ^EmMy woman, she stood crying like a m^G7an.

Said, ^Fmwhere have you^G been' ^FmWhere have you^G been' Cmaj Em7 A#/Am Am I thought you said that all of that was done. ^CmajEl Cielo es ^Em7azul, ^Am Just don't go ^Fmtelling eve^Cryone^G7

^CmajThought the kettle was a tra^Amin. ^CmajThought that Monday was a door^Amframe. Cmaj Em7 A#/Am Am Tried so hard to finally settle down. ^CmajHeard the fire pop and sna^Amp. ^CmajLike a tack piano rag^Am. Cmaj Em7 A#/Am G7 I never could get used to happy sounds.

^CmajYeah, I hope the world's expo^Amsed. ^CmajA cruel and elaborate hoa^Amx. It ^Emconvinces me to walk without a ^G7cane.

But ^Fmwhat can you^G do' ^FmChild, what can you^G do' Cmaj Em7 A#/Am Am I always heard that what is done is done. ^CmajEl Cielo es ^Em7azul,^Am Just don't go ^Fmtelling ever^Cyone ^G7

^CmajThe past don't ever qui^Amt. ^CmajThere's boxes in the attic^Am. Cmaj Em7 A#/Am Am Baby shoes and taxidermy dreams.

^CmajWhile the ashes of the dea^Amd, ^Cmajlike a dandelion hea^Amd, Cmaj Em7 A#/Am G7 explode and then are scattered by the breeze.

^CmajWe're such a long way bac^Amk, ^Cmajto all the fun that I had^Am. When ^Emnothing ever seemed to bother ^G7me.

^FmBut what can you^G do' ^FmBrother, what can you^G do'

Cmaj Em7 A#/Am Am Sleep 'neath the stars, and toil in the sun.

^CmajEl Cie^Em7lo es azul^Am Just don't go t^Fmelling eve^Cryone

^CmajEl Cie^Em7lo es azul^Am Just don't go t^Fmelling any^Cone

Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band - Eagle on a pole