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Bhagavan Decreed

The Flatlanders
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Brains  cannot defeat me when I'm stoned  little darling
Sticks  and stones can beat you out of time
And  I'm standing on the brink of a bridge  that's black at sunrise
I  don't think I'll be home  in time to dine
Each  plant has a root that's dipped in blood
 So later  on we'll all find out we're just  nameless mud
 And I'm sayin'  good bye to those old-time  demons darling
Leave  at your own risk,  not mine
 Why can't you make it to the place you're always going to
 Could it be you're going to all the time
 Well I might be traveling backwards when I wake up tomorrow
 If you must go won't you please leave me a dime
 The earth turns on as Bhagavan decreed
 So later on we'll see ourselves and all be free
 But sayin' goodbye to you is suicidal darling
 Don't hang your mind up just where I hang mine
 Life is a quarry you can dig all you want too
 Rockin' jumpin' ball go up or down
 And you can burn your brain cells out just trying to get higher
 But you'll find the highest place is underground
 They've got you like the moon has got the tide
 You say your drifting babe you're going for a ride
 You say one day soon we will all stand as brothers
Till  then I guess we'll just  stand around
 Enjoy! This is one of my first attempts at this, comments are definitely welcome and appreciated.
 I really enjoy the lyrics in this song; they may be off a tad bit as they aren't
 plastered all over lyric sites.

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Readable chord sheet for Bhagavan Decreed by The Flatlanders

[G]
[G]Brains cannot defeat me when I'm [C]stoned little darling[G]
[G]Sticks and stones can beat you out of time [A7]      [D7]
[G]And I'm standing on the brink of a [C]bridge that's black at sunrise [G]
[G]I don't think I'll be [A7]home in time to dine  [G]

[C]Each plant has a root that's dipped in [G]blood
So later[C] on we'll all find out we're [A7]just nameless mud [D7]
And I'm sayi[G]n' good bye to those ol[C]d-time demons darli[G]ng
[G]Leave at your own [A7]risk, not mine [G]

[repeat the pattern throughout the remainder of the song]

Why can't you make it to the place you're always going to
Could it be you're going to all the time
Well I might be traveling backwards when I wake up tomorrow
If you must go won't you please leave me a dime

The earth turns on as Bhagavan decreed
So later on we'll see ourselves and all be free
But sayin' goodbye to you is suicidal darling
Don't hang your mind up just where I hang mine

Life is a quarry you can dig all you want too
Rockin' jumpin' ball go up or down
And you can burn your brain cells out just trying to get higher
But you'll find the highest place is underground

They've got you like the moon has got the tide
You say your drifting babe you're going for a ride
You say one day soon we will all stand as brothers
[G]Till then I guess we'll [A7]just stand around  [G]      [C]        [G]

Enjoy!  This is one of my first attempts at this, comments are definitely welcome and appreciated.
I really enjoy the lyrics in this song; they may be off a tad bit as they aren't
plastered all over lyric sites.