Eagle On A Pole chords by Conor Oberst

Capo 5

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


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

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

G

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

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

G

Bridge rhythm: Am G Am G

Bridge lead:

e|--------------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------|
G|-5-4-5---4-4h5p4------4---|/9---7---4--5--4----|
D|-------------------7-7--7-|----------------7---|
A|--------------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------------|--------------------|

e|--------------------------|--------------------|---
B|--------------------------|--------------------|---
G|-5-4-5---4-4h5p4------4---|--------------------|4-5
D|-------------------7-7--7-|5-----------5-----7-|---
A|--------------------------|------5-7-----------|---
E|--------------------------|--5h7---------------|---



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

  C  C/B Am
El cielo es azul
       F       C
Just don't go telling everyone
  C  C/B Am
El cielo es azul
       F       C