Capo 2
D Em
Settling down with warm glow woodstove and kerosene

G D
Peace you're looking for Peace you'll find
Em

In the tangled mad cliffsides and crashing dark
G
of Big Sur
A
of Big Sur
D Em

Rapturous ring of silence Pacific fury
G D

Flashing on the rocks the sea shroud towers
Em

The innocence of health and stillness in the wilds
G
of Big Sur
A
of Big Sur
Em G

This whole surface of the world as we know it now
Em G

Will be covered with the silt of a billion years in time
Verse chords for interlude
D Em
I see as much as doors will allow
G A

I?m a long way from the beat generation
D Em

Here comes the nightly moth to his nightly death

G
in Big Sur
A
in Big Sur
D Em

The best thing to do is not to be false
G A

The rocks of the valley have left no howl of complaint
D Em 

I?m just a sick clown and so is everybody else

G
in Big Sur
A
in Big Sur
Verse Chords again, end on D