Key: F major•
Intro 1
F
Dm
F
Dm
F
Em
Baug
Em
Dm
Verse 1
F
Dm
Saw an eagle on a pole,
F
Dm
I think it was an eagle.
F
Em
Watched its' shadow fly
Dm
F
Dm
And I woke up in the snow,
F
Dm
All the trees, and crowds, and people.
F
Em
Cm
Eb
No shirt, no shoes, no idea where they went.
C
Verse 2
Dm
F
I followed the fenceline thin,
Dm
F
Back where the yard begins
Am
C
My woman, she stood crying like a man.
Bbm
C
Bbm
Said, where have you been?
F
C
Baug
I thought you said that all
F
Em
El Cielo es azul,
Dm
Bbm
Just don't go telling everyone
F
C
Verse 3
F
Dm
Thought the kettle was a train.
Dm
F
Em
Baug
Tried Tried so hard to fi
F
Dm
Heard the fire pop and snap.
F
Dm
Like a tack piano rag.
F
C
Eb
I never could get used to happy
Baug
C
sounds.
Verse 4
F
Dm
F
A cruel and elaborate hoax.
C
Bbm
a cane.
But what can you do?
C
Bbm
C
Child, what can you do?
F
C
Baug
I al ways heard that what
F
C
El Cielo es azul,
Dm
Bbm
Just don't go telling everyone
F
Interlude 1
C
Dm
C
Dm
C
Verse 5
F
Dm
There's boxes in the attic.
F
E
Eb
Dm
Baby shoes and taxidermy dream.
F
Dm
While the ashes of the dead,
F
Dm
like a dandelion head,
F
E
Eb
Explode and then are scattered
Dm
F
We're such a long way back to
Dm
F
all the fun that we had.
C
Bbm
to bother me.
Bbm
C
Brother, what can you do?
F
Em
Sleep with the stars,
Eb
Baug
Dm
and toil in the sun .
Verse 6
F
C
El Cielo es azul,
Dm
Bbm
Just don't go telling everyone
F
Em
El Cielo es azul,
Dm
Bbm
Just don't go telling everyone
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