the ballad of edward abbey chords by Tom Russell
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Verse 1
It (A minor) (D minor) (A minor) was in the town of Tuc
(F major) son in Nine (G major) teen Eighty- Three (A minor)
A man named Edward Abbey
come a walk (G major) ing up to (A minor) me
He pulled his cigar from his mouth,
said, "I (G major) smell law (A minor) yers here"
The politician, running- (F major) dogs,
they (G minor) crawled (G major) away in (A minor) fear
Verse 2
Singing do- ra- (G major) do
Singing do- ra- (A minor) day
Ed walked across the deser (F major) t
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Verse 3
at (G minor) least a (G major) thousand times (A minor)
He spoke with javelin
(G major) a, slept 'neath (A minor) piñon pine
And if he saw a billboard there, he'd
chop that (G major) bastard (A minor) down
Said, if a man can't piss in his (F major) own front yard,
he'd (G minor) never keep (G major) close to (A minor) town
Singing do- ra- (G major) do
Verse 4
Singing do- ra- (A minor) day
Lord, (F major) I wish Edward (C major) Abbey (E minor) were
walking (E major) round (E minor) today (A minor)
Verse 5
Ed had a taste for women, (F major)
in fact he (G major) married quite a few (A minor)
He said, "I'd fall in love, boys,
but I'm (G major) only passing (A minor) through
You know I like 'em all, boys,
and some more (G major) than the (A minor) rest
I've tried my hand at (F major) monogamy,
now I'm (G major) off to save the (A minor) west
Verse 6
Singing do- ra- (G major) do
Singing do- ra- (A minor) day
Verse 7
Ed (A minor) died one day at sun (F major) down in his
(G major) Tucson riding (A minor) shack
They wrapped him in a sleeping bag and
(G major) drove him way out (A minor) back
Beneath the wild saguaro,
the coyotes chewed his bones
And on a hidden mark (F major) er,
was 'No (G major) Comment', carved in (A minor) stone
Verse 8
Singing do- ra- (G major) do
Singing do- ra- (A minor) day
Yeah, (F major) I wish Edward (C major) Ab (E minor) bey were
walking round (E major) (E minor) today
(A minor)
Verse 9
Now I'm living in the desert, (F major)
but the (G major) town is a- closing in (A minor)
Those cracker box developments,
(G major) Ed would call a (A minor) sin
We stole this land from the Mexican and
now we'll (G major) sell it (A minor) back
And they'll live like mortgage (F major) prisoners
in those (G major) goddamn housing (A minor) tracts
Verse 10
Tell me, who votes for the mountain lion,
(F major) tell me, (G major) who votes for the (A minor) fox
Who votes for the spotted owl who
(G major) hides there in the rock (A minor) s
I wish that Ed would come again with
a (G major) chainsaw in his (A minor) hand
And carve all up those housing (F major) tracts
and (G major) take on back the (A minor) land
Verse 11
Singing do- ra- (G major) do
Singing do- ra- (A minor) day
Yeah, (F major) I wish Edward (C major) Abbey (E minor) were
walking (E major) round today
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the ballad of edward abbey
Tom Russell
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