Eels
From the album Wilderness
[INTRO]
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[VERSE 1]
C F C C/B
They used to think the swallows
Am (Em) F
were living under water
F Fm C
All through the winter
Am F G C
when they were missing from the trees
[VERSE 2]
C F C C/B
They used to think the geese
Am F
budded from the branches
Dm Am
Each gentle sunny spring
F G C
when they came back again
[CHORUS]
G
But the swallows and the geese,
F C
they have always heard
Dm Am
The ringing of the bells
F G C
that echo through the earth
[VERSE 3]
C F C C/B
The monarch butterflies
Am F
in their cloud of orange wings
F Fm C
And all the golden eels
F G C
swimming through the sea
[VERSE 4]
C F C C/B
They are following a path
Am F
to places never seen
F Fm C
They see the secret map
F G C
the moon draws on the sea
[CHORUS]
G
The butterflies and eels,
F C
they have always heard
Dm Am
The ringing of the bells
F G C
that echo through the earth
[INTERLUDE]
C F C Am F Fm C F G C
[VERSE 5]
C F C C/B
But the airplanes overhead
Am F
hang heavy in the air
Dm Am
And all the shiny cars,
F G C
they circle in despair
[CHORUS]
G
"Where am I?" They cry.
F C
"Where are you? Where am I?"
Dm Am
But they will never hear
F G C
The bells that ring tonight
[OUTRO]
F Fm C
The bells that ring tonight
C
[CODA]
[staccato w/ upstrokes]
C C7
But the airplanes overhead
F Fm
hang heavy in the air
C G
And all the shiny cars,
F G C
they circle in despair