Eagle On A Pole chords by Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band

Chords with lyrics

Conor Oberst And The Mystico Valley Band – Eagle On A augmentedA Pole(v2)

This is the version that was released on the second album. It's a completely
different song to the one on the first album.

Intro:
A minorAm
  e|-------  e|----------|
  BB|-------  BB|-/8\6-----|
  G+G|-------  G+G|-/9\7-5---|
  D MajorD|-----7-  D MajorD|--------7-|
  A augmentedA|-7/9---  A augmentedA|----------|
  E MajorE|-------  E MajorE|----------|

Verse1:
     FF
I saw an eagle on a pole
 A minorAm
I think it was an eagle
     FF
Now that eagle has flown
     C majorC
And I'll never know
e|----------|
BB|----------|
G+G|----------|
D MajorD|----------|
A augmentedA|-33-55-77-|
E MajorE|----------|

chorus 1:
C majorC
 Could have been a rotten apple
    FF
Full of holes
            C majorC
Could have been an open wine bottle
     G+G
Ready to go
   G+G
Or it could have been eagle on a pole

Verse 2:
     FF
Well the beauty of the seasons
   A minorAm
Can rip a man up whole
      FF
And what's happening while you're sleeping
     C majorC
You will never know
e|----------|
BB|----------|
G+G|----------|
D MajorD|----------|
A augmentedA|-33-55-77-|
E MajorE|----------|

Chorus 2:
C majorC
 Never trust a truly wayward
     FF
Wandering soul
           C majorC
Never trust a wanted woman
       G+G
Who can't say no
    G+G
And you never trust an eagle on a pole

Bridge:
e|------------------------|
BB|------------------------|
G+G|-10----10--109---7----9-|
D MajorD|-10----10--109---7----9-|
A augmentedA|-8-----8---8-7---5----7-|
E MajorE|------------------------|
  Don't you wanna know why?
  G+G
Why not? Why not?
e|------------------------|
BB|------------------------|
G+G|-10----10--109---7----9-|
D MajorD|-10----10--109---7----9-|
A augmentedA|-8-----8---8-7---5----7-|
E MajorE|------------------------|
  Don't you wanna know why?
  G+G
Why not? Why not?
     G+G
Don't you ever trust an eagle on a pole

Verse 3:
     FF
I've seen pictures of my face from
    A minorAm
Where I swear I did not go
      FF
Looked like laughing, looked like stealing
      C majorC
But I will never know
e|----------|
BB|----------|
G+G|----------|
D MajorD|----------|
A augmentedA|-33-55-77-|
E MajorE|----------|

Chorus 3:
C majorC
 Looked like running, leaving tracks
        FF
Through morning snow
               C majorC
Looked like darkness and the light
       G+G
Going toe to toe
    G+G
And it looked just like an eagle on a pole

Bridge 2:
E MajorE
Look out!
A minorAm
Evil come and there's nothing left to laugh about
A minorAm
Eden come and we're crying we can't get out!
  G+G
Get out! Get out!

Verse 4:
     FF
Something moving, something floating
     A minorAm
Something falling soft en slow
    FF
It was getting super natural
    C majorC
But you never know
e|----------|
BB|----------|
G+G|----------|
D MajorD|----------|
A augmentedA|-33-55-77-|
E MajorE|----------|

Chorus 4:
C majorC
 Getting ready for the girls
         FF
At the burlesque show
           C majorC
Getting ready for the night time
       G+G
Street lights glowing
  G+G
Get ready for that eagle on a pole

Bridge 2:
E MajorE
Look out!
A minorAm
Evil come and there's nothing left to laugh about
A minorAm
Evil come and there's nothing left to laugh about
A minorAm
Eden come and we're crying we can't get out!
  G+G
Get out! Get out!

Outro:

e|------------------------|
BB|------------------------|
G+G|-10----10--109---7----9-|
D MajorD|-10----10--109---7----9-|
A augmentedA|-8-----8---8-7---5----7-|
E MajorE|------------------------|
  Don't you wanna know why?
  G+G
Why not? Why not?
e|------------------------|
BB|------------------------|
G+G|-10----10--109---7----9-|
D MajorD|-10----10--109---7----9-|
A augmentedA|-8-----8---8-7---5----7-|
E MajorE|------------------------|
  Don't you wanna know why?
  G+G
Why not? Why not?
     G+G
Don't you ever trust an eagle on a pole
     G+G