Long Road Out Of Eden

Intro: Am7 D7 Am7 D7

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Moon shining down through the palms
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Shadows moving on the sand
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Somebody whispering the twenty-third psalm
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Dusty rifle in his trembling hands

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Somebody trying just to stay alive
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He got promises to keep
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Over the ocean in America
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Far away and fast asleep

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Silent stars blinking in the blackness of an endless sky
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Cold silver satellites, ghostly caravans passing by
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Galaxies unfolding, new worlds being born
Dm           Dadd9     Dm
Pilgrims and prodigals creeping toward the dawn
C               E            Am
But it's a long road out of Eden

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Music blasting from an SUV
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On a bright and sunny day
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Rolling down the interstate
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In the good ol' USA

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Having lunch at the petroleum club
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Smokin' fine cigars and swappin' lives
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He said: "gimme 'nother slice o' that barbecued brisket!"
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"gimme 'nother piece o' that pecan pie!"

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Freeways flickering, cell phones chiming a tune
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We're riding to utopia, road map says we'll be arriving soon
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Captains of the old order clinging to the reins
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Assuring us these aches inside are only growing pains
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But it's a long road out of Eden

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Back home I was so certain
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The path was very clear
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But now I have to wonder: "what are we doing here?"
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I'm not counting on tomorrow
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And I can't tell wrong from right
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But I'd give anything to be there in your arms tonight

Solo accomp. (A9 Em Dm Em)

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Weaving down the American highway
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Through the litter and the wreckage and the cultural junk
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Bloated with entitlement, loaded on propaganda
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And now we're driving dazed and drunk

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Been down the road to Damascus,
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The road to Mandalay
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Met the ghost of Caesar on the Appian way
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He said, "it's hard to stop this bingeing, once you get a taste."
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"but the road to empire is a bloody stupid waste."

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Behold the bitten apple - the power of the tools
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But all the knowledge in the world is of no use to fools
C               E           Am
And it's a long road out of Eden....

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