Eagle On A Pole
Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley BandVersion1
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Saw an eagle on a pole
I think it was an eagle
Watched its shadow fly across the cement
I woke up in the snow
All the trees were crowds of people
No coat, no shoes, no idea where they went
I followed the fence line thin
Back where the yard begins
My woman, she stood crying like a man
Said, "Where have you been
Where have you been?"
I thought you said that all of that was done
El cielo es azul
Just don't go telling everyone
Thought the kettle was a train
Thought that Monday was a door frame
I tried so hard to finally settle down
Heard the fire pop and snap
Like a tack piano rag
I never could get used to happy sounds
But I hope the world's exposed
A cruel and elaborate hoax
That convinces me to walk without a cane
But what can you do
What can you do
I always heard that what is done is done
El cielo es azul
Just don't go telling everyone
The past don't ever quit
There's boxes in the attic
Baby shoes and taxidermy dreams
While the ashes of the dead,
like a dandelion head
Explode and then are scattered by the breeze
And it's such a long way back
to all the fun I had
When nothing ever seemed to bother me
But what can you do
Child, what can you do
Sleep beneath the stars, and toil in the sun
El cielo es azul
Just don't go telling everyone
El cielo es azul
Just don't go telling everyone
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Readable chord sheet for Eagle On A Pole by Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band
[C] [Am] [C] [Am] [C] [C] [B] [Am] [F] Saw an ea[C]gle on a p[Am]ole I th[C]ink it was an ea[Am]gle Wa[C]tched its[C/B] shadow f[Am]ly across the cem[F]ent I wo[C]ke up in the s[Am]now All the t[C]rees were crowds of pe[Am]ople No c[C]oat, no s[C/B]hoes, no i[Am]dea where they w[F]ent I followed the f[Am]ence line t[C]hin Back where the y[Am]ard begi[C]ns My wo[E]man, she stood crying like a m[G]an [F] Said, "Where have you b[G]een [F] Where have you be[G]en?" I th[C]ought you s[C/B]aid that a[Am]ll of that was d[F]one El c[C]ielo [C/B]es az[Am]ul Just don't go[F] telling everyo[C]ne [G] Thought the ke[C]ttle was a t[Am]rain Thought that Mo[C]nday was a door fr[Am]ame I tr[C]ied so h[C/B]ard to f[Am]inally settle d[F]own Heard the f[C]ire pop and s[Am]nap Like a t[C]ack piano r[Am]ag I n[C]ever coul[C/B]d get us[Am]ed to happy s[F]ounds But I hope the w[Am]orld's expo[C]sed A cruel and ela[Am]borate ho[C]ax That con[E]vinces me to walk without a c[G]ane [F] But what can you [G]do [F] What can you d[G]o I al[C]ways he[C/B]ard that w[Am]hat is done is d[F]one El c[C]ielo [C/B]es az[Am]ul Just don't go[F] telling everyo[C]ne The p[C]ast don't ever q[Am]uit There's b[C]oxes in the a[Am]ttic B[C]aby s[C/B]hoes and t[Am]axidermy dr[F]eams While the a[C]shes of the d[Am]ead, like a d[C]andelion h[Am]ead Exp[C]lode[C/B] and then are s[Am]cattered by the br[F]eeze And it's such a l[Am]ong way b[C]ack to all the [Am]fun I h[C]ad When not[E]hing ever seemed to bother m[G]e [F] But what can you d[G]o Child[F], what can you d[G]o [F] Sleep ben[C]eath the s[C/B]tars, and t[Am]oil in the s[F]un El c[C]ielo [C/B]es az[Am]ul Just don't go[F] telling everyo[C]ne El c[C]ielo [C/B]es az[Am]ul Just don't go[F] telling everyo[C]ne
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