Eagle On A Pole chords by Conor Oberst

Chords with lyrics

Capo 5

The chord I use in place of A#A# (I'm bad at chord names):
e|--
BB|-1
G+G|-0
D MajorD|-0
A augmentedA|-1
E MajorE|--


     C majorC     A minorAm
Saw an eagle on a pole
  C majorC        A minorAm
I think it was an eagle
 C majorC    C/BC/B   A#A#       A minorAm
Watched its shadow fly across the cement
  C majorC       A minorAm
I woke up in the snow
     C majorC           A minorAm
All the trees were crowds of people
  C majorC    C/BC/B    A#A#       G+G
No coat, no shoes, no idea where they went

        A minorAm     C majorC
I followed the fence line thin
        A minorAm   C majorC
Back where the yard begins
   E MajorE               G+G       FF
My woman, she stood crying like a man
            G+G       FF
Said, "Where have you been
         G+G
Where have you been?"
  C majorC     C/BC/B    A#A#       A minorAm
I thought you said that all of that was done
  C majorC  C/BC/B A minorAm
El cielo es azul
       FF       C majorC
Just don't go telling everyone

G+G

       C majorC      A minorAm
Thought the kettle was a train
        C majorC         A minorAm
Thought that Monday was a door frame
  C majorC    C/BC/B   A#A#       A minorAm
I tried so hard to finally settle down
      C majorC      A minorAm
Heard the fire pop and snap
    C majorC     A minorAm
Like a tack piano rag
  C majorC    C/BC/B   A#A#      G+G
I never could get used to happy sounds

        A minorAm     C majorC
But I hope the world's exposed
        A minorAm    C majorC
A augmentedA cruel and elaborate hoax
    E minorEm              G+G       FF
That convinces me to walk without a cane
         G+G       FF
But what can you do
       G+G
What can you do
  C majorC   C/BC/B    A#A#       A minorAm
I always heard that what is done is done
  C majorC  C/BC/B A minorAm
El cielo es azul
       FF       C majorC
Just don't go telling everyone

G+G

Bridge rhythm: A minorAm G+G A minorAm G+G

Bridge lead:

e|--------------------------|--------------------|
BB|--------------------------|--------------------|
G+G|-5-4-5---4-4h5p4------4---|/9---7---4--5--4----|
D MajorD|-------------------7-7--7-|----------------7---|
A augmentedA|--------------------------|--------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------|--------------------|

e|--------------------------|--------------------|---
BB|--------------------------|--------------------|---
G+G|-5-4-5---4-4h5p4------4---|--------------------|4-5
D MajorD|-------------------7-7--7-|5-----------5-----7-|---
A augmentedA|--------------------------|------5-7-----------|---
E MajorE|--------------------------|--5h7---------------|---

   C majorC        A minorAm
The past don't ever quit
     C majorC      A minorAm
There's boxes in the attic
 C majorC  C/BC/B    A#A#     A minorAm
Baby shoes and taxidermy dreams
      C majorC      A minorAm
While the ashes of the dead,
    C majorC     A minorAm
like a dandelion head
  C majorC  C/BC/B      A#A#        G+G
Explode and then are scattered by the breeze
         A minorAm    C majorC
And it's such a long way back
      A minorAm   C majorC
to all the fun I had
    E minorEm             G+G       FF
When nothing ever seemed to bother me
         G+G
But what can you do
   FF        G+G
Child, what can you do
     C majorC     C/BC/B    A#A#     A minorAm
Sleep beneath the stars, and toil in the sun

  C majorC  C/BC/B A minorAm
El cielo es azul
       FF       C majorC
Just don't go telling everyone
  C majorC  C/BC/B A minorAm
El cielo es azul
       FF       C majorC