Eagles - Long road out of eden
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V1: Am D
MOON SHINING DOWN THROUGH THE PALMS
AmSHADOWS DMOVING ON THE SAND
AmSOMEBODY WHISPEDRING THE TWENTY-THIRD PSALM
AmDUSTY RIFLDE IN HIS TREMBELING HAND
AmSOMEBODY TRYINGD JUST TO STAY ALIVE
AmHE’S GOT PRDOMISES TO KEEP
AmOVER THE DOCEAN IN AMERICA
AmFAR AWAY AND FADST ASLEEP
REFRAIN 1: F G F G Am
SILENT STARS BLINKING IN THE BLACKNESS OF AN ENDLESS SKY
FCOLD GSILFVER SAGTELILTESAm, GHOSTLY CARAVANS PASSING BY
FGALAXGIES UNFFOLDING,G NEW WORLDS BEING BORN
FPILGRGIMS ANDF PRODIGGALS CREEPING TOWARD THE DAWN
BUT ICT’SE7 A LONG ROAmAD OUT OF EDEN
V2: MUSIC BLASTING FROM AN SUV,
ON A BRIGHT AND SUNNY DAY
ROLLING DOWN THE INTERSTATE,
IN THE GOOD ‘OL U.S.A.
HAVING LUNCH AT THE PETROLEUM CLUB
SMOKING FINE CIGARS, AND SWAPPING LIES
“GIMME NOTHER SLICE OF THAT BARBEQUE BRISKET”
“GIMME NOTHER PIECE OF THAT PECAN PIE”
REFRAIN 2: FREEWAYS FLICKERING, CELL PHONE CHIMING A TUNE
WE’RE RIDING TO UTOPIA,
ROAD MAP SAYS THAT WE’LL BE ARRIVING SOON
CAPTAINS OF THE OLD ORDER CLINGING TO THE REINS
ASSURING US THE ACHES INSIDE ARE ONLY GROWING PAINS
BUT IT’S A LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN
BRIDGE: Am C D
Am C G
REFRAIN 3: F G
BACK HOME I WAS SO CERTAIN,
FTHE PATH GWAS VERY CLEAR,
FBUT NOW GI HAVE TO WONDER,
FWHAT ARE WE DGOING HERE?
FI’M NOT CGOUNTING ON TOMMOROW
FAND I CAN’ T TEGLL WRONG FROM RIGHT
FBUT IG’D GIVE AFNYTHING TO BE THERE IGN YOUR ARMS TONIGHT
V3: WEAVING DOWN THE AMERICAN HIGHWAY
THROUGHT THE LITTER, AND THE WRECKAGE, AND THE CULTURAL JUNK
BLOATED WITH ENTITLEMENT, LOADED ON PROPAGANDA
AND NOW WE’RE DRIVING DAZED AND DRUNK
BEEN DOWN THE ROAD TO DAMACUS, THE ROAD TO MANDALAY
MET THE GHOST OF CAESAR ON THE APPIAN HIGHWAY
HE SAID, “IT’S HARD TO STOP THE BINGEING, ONCE YOU GET A TASTE,
BUT THE ROAD TO EMPIRE IS A BLOODY STUPID WASTE”
OUTRO: F G F G
BEHOLD THE BITTEN APPLE, THE POWER OF THE TOOLS
FBUT ALL OF THGE KNOWFELDGGE IN THE WORLD IS OF NO USE TO FOOLS
AND ICT’SE7 A LONG ROAD, OUT OF EDEN