the ballad of edward abbey chords by
Tom Russell

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Key: A minor•

Verse 1

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Dm

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It was in the town of Tuc

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son in Nineteen Eighty- Three

A man named Edward Abbey

G

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Am

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come a walking up to me

He pulled his cigar from his mouth,

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said, "I smell lawyers here"

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The politician, running- dogs,

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they crawled away in fear

Verse 2

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Singing do- ra- do

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Singing do- ra- day

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Ed walked across the desert

Verse 3

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at least a thousand times

He spoke with javelin

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Am

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a, slept 'neath piñon pine

And if he saw a billboard there, he'd

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Am

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chop that bastard down

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F

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Said, if a man can't piss in his own front yard,

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G

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he'd never keep close to town

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Singing do- ra- do

Verse 4

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Singing do- ra- day

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C

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Em

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Lord, I wish Edward Abbey were

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Em

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walking round today

Verse 5

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Ed had a taste for women,

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in fact he married quite a few

He said, "I'd fall in love, boys,

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but I'm only passing through

You know I like 'em all, boys,

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and some more than the rest

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I've tried my hand at monogamy,

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now I'm off to save the west

Verse 6

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Singing do- ra- do

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Singing do- ra- day

Verse 7

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F

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Ed died one day at sundown in his

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Tucson riding shack

They wrapped him in a sleeping bag and

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drove him way out back

Beneath the wild saguaro,

the coyotes chewed his bones

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And on a hidden marker,

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was 'No Comment', carved in stone

Verse 8

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Singing do- ra- do

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Singing do- ra- day

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C

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Em

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Yeah, I wish Edward Ab bey were

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walking round today

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Verse 9

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Now I'm living in the desert,

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Am

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but the town is a- closing in

Those cracker box developments,

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Ed would call a sin

We stole this land from the Mexican and

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now we'll sell it back

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And they'll live like mortgage prisoners

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in those goddamn housing tracts

Verse 10

Tell me, who votes for the mountain lion,

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tell me, who votes for the fox

Who votes for the spotted owl who

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hides there in the rocks

I wish that Ed would come again with

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a chainsaw in his hand

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And carve all up those housing tracts

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and take on back the land

Verse 11

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Singing do- ra- do

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Singing do- ra- day

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Em

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Yeah, I wish Edward Abbey were

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walking round today

Outro 1

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