the ballad of edward abbey Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Am]It w[Dm]as in[Am] the town of Tuc
[F]son in Nine[G]teen [Am]Eighty- Three
A man named Edward Abbey
come a walk[G]ing up to [Am]me
He pulled his cigar from his mouth,
said, "I [G]smell law[Am]yers here"
The politician, running- [F]dogs,
they [Gm]crawled [G]away in [Am]fear

[Verse 2]
Singing do- ra- [G]do
Singing do- ra- [Am]day
Ed walked across the deser[F]t

[Verse 3]
at [Gm]least a [G]thou[Am]sand times
He spoke with javelin
[G]a, slept 'neath [Am]piñon pine
And if he saw a billboard there, he'd
chop that [G]bastard [Am]down
Said, if a man can't piss in his [F]own front yard,
he'd [Gm]never keep [G]close to [Am]town
Singing do- ra- [G]do

[Verse 4]
Singing do- ra- [Am]day
Lord, [F]I wish Edward [C]Abbey [Em]were
walking [E]round [Em]toda[Am]y

[Verse 5]
Ed had a taste [F]for women,
in fact he [G]married [Am]quite a few
He said, "I'd fall in love, boys,
but I'm [G]only passing [Am]through
You know I like 'em all, boys,
and some more [G]than the [Am]rest
I've tried my hand at [F]monogamy,
now I'm [G]off to save the [Am]west

[Verse 6]
Singing do- ra- [G]do
Singing do- ra- [Am]day

[Verse 7]
Ed [Am]died one day at sun[F]down in his
[G]Tucson riding [Am]shack
They wrapped him in a sleeping bag and
[G]drove him way out [Am]back
Beneath the wild saguaro,
the coyotes chewed his bones
And on a hidden mark[F]er,
[G]was 'No Comment', carved in [Am]stone

[Verse 8]
Singing do- ra- [G]do
Singing do- ra- [Am]day
Yeah, [F]I wish Edward [C]Ab [Em]bey were
walking [E]round [Em]today
[Am]

[Verse 9]
Now I'm living in [F]the desert,
but the [G]town is a- closing [Am]in
Those cracker box developments,
[G]Ed would call a [Am]sin
We stole this land from the Mexican and
now we'll [G]sell it [Am]back
And they'll live like mortgage [F]prisoners
in those [G]goddamn housing [Am]tracts

[Verse 10]
Tell me, who votes for the mountain lion,
[F]tell me, who[G] votes for the fox[Am]
Who votes for the spotted owl who
[G]hides there in the rock[Am]s
I wish that Ed would come again with
a [G]chainsaw in his [Am]hand
And carve all up those housing [F]tracts
and [G]take on back the [Am]land

[Verse 11]
Singing do- ra- [G]do
Singing do- ra- [Am]day
Yeah, [F]I wish Edward [C]Abbey [Em]were
walking [E]round today

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