Gates Of Eden chords by Arlo Guthrie
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Verse 1
(D major) (C major) (D major) Of war and peace the truth just twists,
its (G major) curfew gull it glides (D major)
Upon four legged forest clouds
the (G major) cowboy angel rides (D major)
With his candle lit in (G major) to the sun
though it's glow (E minor) is waxed (G major) in black (A major)
(D major) All except beneath the trees of Eden
Verse 2
(D major)
The lamp post stands with (C major) folded
arms its (G major) iron claws attached (D major)
To curbs 'neath holes
where (C major) babies wail
Through its shadow's (G major) metal badge (D major)
All in all can (G major) only fall with a crashing (E minor)
but meaningless blow (G major) (A major)
No (D major) sound ever comes from
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Verse 3
the Gates of Eden
(D major)
The savage soldier sticks his head
in the sand (G major) and then complains (D major)
Unto the shoeless (C major) hunter who's
gone (G major) deaf but still remains (D major)
Upon the beach where (G major) hound dogs bay
at ships (E minor) with tattooed sails (G major) (A major)
(D major) Heading for the Gates of Eden (G major)
(D major)
Verse 4
The time rusted compass blade,
Alad (G major) din and his lamp (D major)
Sits with Utopian hermit monks,
side (G major) saddle on the Golden Calf (D major)
And on their promises of (G major) paradise
you (E minor) will not hear a laugh (G major) (A major)
(D major) All except inside the Gates
(G major) of Eden
(D major)
Verse 5
Relationships of ownership
they (G major) whisper in the wings
(D major) To those condemned to act accordingly
and (G major) wait for succeeding king (D major) s
And I try to harmon (G major) ize with songs the
(E minor) lonesome sparrow sing (G major) s (A major)
There are (D major) no kings inside
(C major) the Gates (G major) of Eden (D major)
Verse 6
(D major) The motorcycle 'Black (G major) Madonna', two-
wheeled gypsy queen (D major)
And her silver- studded phantom (C major) cause
the (G major) gray flannel dwarf to scream (D major)
As he weeps to wicked (G major) birds of prey,
pick (E minor) up on his bread crumb sin (G major) s (A major)
And there (D major) are no sins inside
Verse 7
the Gates of Eden
(D major)
The kingdoms of experience in
the (G major) precious winds they (D major) rot
While paupers change posses (C major) sions
Each one wish (G major) ing for what
the other has got (D major)
And the princess and the prince (G major) discuss
what's (E minor) real and what's (G major) not (A major)
It (D major) doesn't matter inside
Verse 8
the Gates of Eden
(D major)
The foreign sun it squints (C major) upon
a (G major) bed that is never mine (D major)
As friends and others,
strangers (C major) from their (G major) fates try to resign (D major)
Leaving men holy and (G major) totally free to do
any (E minor) thing they wish to do but die (G major) (A major)
And there (D major) are no trials
Verse 9
inside the Gates of Eden
(D major)
At dawn my lover comes to me
(Dsus4) and (G major) tells me of her dream (D major) s
With no attempts to (C major) shovel the glimpse
Into the (G major) ditch of what each one means (D major)
At times I think there (G major) are no words
but (E minor) these to tell what's true (G major) (A major)
And there (D major) are no truths outside
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the Gates of Eden
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Gates Of Eden
Arlo Guthrie
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