Gates Of Eden Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Of [C]war[D] and peace the truth just twists,
its [G]curfew gull it [D]glides
Upon four legged forest clouds
the [G]cowboy angel [D]rides
With his candle lit in[G]to the sun
though it's [Em]glow is waxed [G]in [A]black
[D]All except beneath the trees of Eden

[Verse 2]
[D]
The lamp post stands with [C]folded
arms its [G]iron claws [D]attached
To curbs 'neath holes
where [C]babies wail
Through [G]its shadow's metal [D]badge
All in all can [G]only fall with [Em]a crashing
but meaningless [G]blow[A]
No [D]sound ever comes from

[Verse 3]
the Gates of Eden
[D]
The savage soldier sticks his head
in the [G]sand and then com[D]plains
Unto the shoeless [C]hunter who's
gone [G]deaf but still re[D]mains
Upon the beach where [G]hound dogs bay
[Em]at ships with tattooed [G]sails[A]
[D]Heading for the Gates of [G]Eden
[D]

[Verse 4]
The time rusted compass blade,
Alad[G]din and his [D]lamp
Sits with Utopian hermit monks,
side [G]saddle on the Golden [D]Calf
And on their promises of [G]paradise
[Em]you will not hear a [G]laugh[A]
[D]All except inside the Gates
[G]of Eden
[D]

[Verse 5]
Relationships of ownership
they [G]whisper in the wings
[D]To those condemned to act accordingly
and [G]wait for succeeding [D]kings
And I try to harmon[G]ize with songs the
[Em]lonesome sparrow [G]sing[A]s
There are [D]no kings inside
[C]the[G] Gates of Ede[D]n

[Verse 6]
[D]The motorcycle 'Black [G]Madonna', two-
wheeled gypsy [D]queen
And her silver- studded [C]phantom cause
the [G]gray flannel dwarf [D]to scream
As he weeps to wicked [G]birds of prey,
pick [Em]up on his bread crumb s[G]ins[A]
And there [D]are no sins inside

[Verse 7]
the Gates of Eden
[D]
The kingdoms of experience in
the [G]precious winds they [D]rot
While paupers change posses[C]sions
Each one wish[G]ing for what
the other has [D]got
And the princess and [G]the prince discuss
what's [Em]real and what's [G]not[A]
It [D]doesn't matter inside

[Verse 8]
the Gates of Eden
[D]
The foreign sun it [C]squints upon
a [G]bed that is never [D]mine
As friends and others,
[C]strangers from their [G]fates try to [D]resign
Leaving men holy and [G]totally free to do
any[Em]thing they wish to do [G]but die[A]
And there [D]are no trials

[Verse 9]
inside the Gates of Eden
[D]
At dawn my lover comes to me
[Dsus4]and tells me [G]of her dreams[D]
With no attempts to [C]shovel the glimpse
Into the [G]ditch of what each one [D]means
At times I think there [G]are no words
but [Em]these to tell what's [G]true[A]
And there [D]are no truths outside

[Outro 1]
the Gates of Eden
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