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Verse 1
(C minor) (B minor) (G major) (C minor) An (G major) eagle's (C minor) nest
on the head of an old (F major) redwood,
(C major) on one of the precipice -footed ridges
above Ventana Creek,
that (C minor) jagged country
which nothing but a fallen
meteor will (G major) ever plow. (C minor)
No horseman will ever (C major) ride there,
and no hunter across this ridge
but the winged ones.
(C minor) No (G major) one will steal the eggs
(C minor) from this fortress. (B flatsus4)
The she -eagle (A flat major) is old. (B flatsus4)
(B flat major) Her mate was shot (A flat major) long ago.
She has now mated with a son of hers.
When lightning (G major) blasted her nest,
(F sharp major) she built it again on (G major) the same (F sharp major) tree
in the splinters of the thunderbolt.
A (B major) broken shack.
(D minor) (E major) An old man (B major) takes his (C major) time
about (B major) dying. (C major) (F major) (C major)
An (G major) d (C major) just at (B major) the back (D minor) ,
a (C major) wildflower bed (F major) that you like (G major) (F sharp major)
In (E major) dawn's new light, a man, my adventure
A (B major) horse -drawn stage (D flat minor) from Monterey (E major)
(C major) (F major) (C major) (B major) (C major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (C minor)
The (C major) She -Eagle (C minor) is older than I.
She was here
when the fires of 85
raged on (C major) these ridges. (C minor)
She was lately fledged
and dared not (C major) hunt ahead of them,
but ate scorched meat.
The world has changed in her time. (B flat major)
Humanity has multiplied,
but not (B flatsus4) here.
Men's (B flat major) hopes and (A flat major) thoughts
and customs have (G major) changed,
their (A flat major) powers (G major) are enlarged.
Their powers and their follies
have be (G minor) come fantastic. (G major) (F sharp major)
Built (B major) on the hill, (C major)
(D minor) a (C major) wagon load of bodies (B major) lay
scattered. (F major) (C major) (B major)
Shipwrecked at sea, (C major)
a limestone (B major) ore (F major) is all that mattered. (G major) (F sharp major)
They (G major) took (F major) it (E major) from the hills,
(F major) right in through the cargo doors (E major)
And how (B major) many ships have come and gone
at (E major) Hyrso's (B major) landing shore? (E major) (B major) (F major) (C major)
(B major) The (B minor) un stable (A flat major) animal
never has (G major) been changed (C minor) so rapidly
(C major) The (F major) motor and the plane
and the great (C major) war have gone over him
An (C minor) d Lennon (C major) has lived
(A flat major) and Jehovah died
while (G major) the mother eagle hunts the (C minor) same hills
cry (C major) ing the same beautiful and lonely cry,
and is never tired, (A flat major)
dreams the same dreams,
(E flat major) and (A flat major) hears at night (B flat major) the rock (A flat major) slides rattle and
thunder in the throats of these living mountains.
It is good for (C minor) man to try all changes,
progress and corruption,
powers, (A flat major) peace and an (B flatsus4) guish,
(B flat major) not (A flat major) to go down the dinosaur's way
(B flat major) until all his (A flat major) capacities have been explored.
And it is good for him to know
We that his (E flat major) needs in nature
are no (G minor) more changed,
in fact, in ten thousand years
(F sharp major) than the beak (G major) s of eagles.
(C major) Eagles plight, (D minor)
we (C major) know that nature's
balance (B major) is undone. (F major) (C major)
It's the (C major) birthright (B major) of man
(D minor) to (E major) unify
(C major) and (F major) live his life as one.
A whisper of the (E major) word
will let you soar with your soul
(B major) You (D minor)
(C major) (F major)
California Saga: The Beaks of Eagles
The Beach Boys
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