Band : Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band
Song : Eagle On A Pole
Album : Conor Oberst

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F                 Dm
Saw an eagle on a pole,
F                 Dm
I think it was an eagle.
F            Am     Eb             Dm
Watched its' shadow fly 'cross the cement.
F                    Dm
And I woke up in the snow,
F                              Dm
all the trees, and crowds, and people.
F            Am        Eb              C
No shirt, no shoes, no idea where they went.

F                        Dm
I followed the fenceline thin,
F                     Dm
back where the yard begins
F         Am        Eb            C
My woman, she stood crying like a man.
      Bbm            C
Said, where have you been?
Bbm            C
Where have you been?
F             Am        Eb              Dm
I thought you said that all of that was done.
F        Am   Eb
El Cielo es azul,
              Bbm         F
Just don't go telling everyone

F                        Dm
Thought the kettle was a train.
F                          Dm
Thought that Monday was a doorframe.
F        Am      Eb             Dm
Tried so hard to finally settle down.
F                      Dm
Heard the fire pop and snap.
F                 Dm
Like a tack piano rag.
F       Am        Eb            C
I never could get used to happy sounds.

F                          Dm
Yeah, I hope the world's exposed.
F                     Dm
A cruel and elaborate hoax.
F            Am    Eb             C
It convinces me to walk without a cane.

    Bbm          C
But what can you do?
Bbm                 C
Child, what can you do?
F        Am         Eb              Dm
I always heard that what is done is done.
F        Am   Eb
El Cielo es azul,
              Bbm          F
Just don't go telling everyone

F                   Dm
The past don't ever quit.
F                      Dm
There's boxes in the attic.
F    Am        Eb        Dm
Baby shoes and taxidermy dream.
F                      Dm
While the ashes of the dead, 
F                Dm
like a dandelion head,
F           Am       Eb               C
explode and then are scattered by the breeze.
F                     Dm
We're such a long way back,
F                     Dm
to all the fun that we had.
F            Am   Eb               C
When nothing ever seemed to bother me.
Bbm              C
But what can you do?
Bbm                   C
Brother, what can you do?
F     Am       Eb                     Dm
Sleep with the stars, and toil in the sun.
F  Am       Eb
El Cielo es azul,
               Bbm        F
Just don't go telling everyone
F  Am       Eb
El Cielo es azul,
               Bbm        F
Just don't go telling everyone