Eagle on a Pole chords by Conor Oberst

SimplifiedD · Bm · C#m · Abaug · Am …

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D
Bm
C#m
Abaug
Am
C
A
F#m
Gm
C#

Intro 1

C#m

Abaug

C#m

Verse 1
D 
Bm 
Saw an eagle on a pole,
D 
Bm 
I think it was an eagle.
D 
C#m 
Watched its' shadow fly
Abaug 
'cross the cement.
Bm 
D 
Bm 
And I woke up in the snow,
D 
Bm 
All the trees, and crowds, and people.
D 
C#m 
Am 
C 
No shirt, no shoes, no idea where they went.
A 

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Verse 2
Bm 
D 
I followed the fenceline thin,
Bm 
D 
Back where the yard begins
F#m 
A 
My woman,  she stood crying like a man.
Gm 
A 
Gm 
Said, where have you been?
A 
Where have you been?
D 
A 
Abaug 
I thought you said that all
Bm 
of that was done.
D 
C#m 
El Cielo es    azul,
Bm 
Gm 
Just don't go telling everyone
D 
A 

Verse 3
D 
Bm 
Thought the kettle was a train.
D 
Thought that Monday was a door-frame.
Bm 
D 
C#m 
Abaug 
Tried Tried so hard  to fi
Bm 
nally settle down.
D 
Bm 
Heard the fire pop and snap.
D 
Bm 
Like a tack piano rag.
D 
A 
C 
I never could get used to happy
Abaug 
A 
sounds.

Verse 4
Bm 
Yeah, I hope the world's exposed.
D 
Bm 
D 
A cruel and elaborate hoax.
F#m 
It convinces me to walk without
A 
Gm 
a cane.
But what can you do?
A 
Gm 
A 
Child, what can you do?
D 
A 
Abaug 
I al ways heard that what
Bm 
is done is done.
D 
A 
El Cielo es azul,
Bm 
Gm 
Just don't go telling everyone
D 

Interlude 1

Verse 5
D 
The pas
Bm 
t don't ever quit.
D 
Bm 
There's boxes in the attic.
D 
C# 
C 
Bm 
Baby shoes and taxidermy dream.
D 
Bm 
While the ashes of the dead,
D 
Bm 
like a dandelion head,
D 
C# 
C 
Explode and then are scattered
A 
by the breeze.
Bm 
D 
We're such a long way back to
Bm 
D 
all the fun that we had.
F#m 
When nothing ever seemed
A 
Gm 
to bother me.
A 
But what can you do?
Gm 
A 
Brother,   what can you do?
D 
C#m 
Sleep with the stars,
C 
Abaug 
Bm 
and toil in       the sun .