Eagle On a Pole (version from self titled 1st album "Conor Oberst")
by Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley band
CAPO ON 5
This version was created by mashing up a few of the existing tabs and the
comments/corrections as well as adding a few small things that I picked up
myself. The lyrics were wrong on the other tabs also.
Most of it can be strummed and sounds pretty good if finger picking is not
your thing but I really think the Cmaj -> Em7 -> A#/Am -> Am progression in
"watched its shadow fly 'cross the cement" needs to be played with a
descending arpeggio to sound good.
Please do not assume the Am in the "El cielo es azul" progression is a typo.
I'm pretty sure the A# root note is left out from the other stanze to make
this part sound more powerful and less dissonant.
Let's define some chords. I apologize if I've used the wrong names for some
of these. If you follow these definitions I promise it will all work out.
[Cmaj]
E|x
B|o
G|o
D|2
A|3
E|x
[Em7]
E|x
B|x
G|o
D|o
A|2
E|x
[A#/Am]
E|x
B|o
G|2
D|2
A|1
E|x
[G7]
E|x
B|o
G|o
D|3
A|2
E|3
[Cmaj]Saw an eagle on a pol[Am]e
[Cmaj]I think it was an e[Am]agle
[Cmaj]Watched its [Em7]shadow f[A#/Am]ly 'cross the cem[Am]ent
[Cmaj]And I woke up in the sno[Am]w,
[Cmaj]all the trees were crowds of peopl[Am]e.
[Cmaj]No coat, no shoe[Em7]s, no idea [A#/Am]where they went.[G7]
[Cmaj]I followed the fenceline thi[Am]n,
[Cmaj]back where the yard begin[Am]s
[Em]My woman, she stood crying like a m[G7]an.
Said, [Fm]where have you[G] been?
[Fm]Where have you[G] been?
[Cmaj]I thought you s[Em7]aid that al[A#/Am]l of that was done.[Am]
[Cmaj]El Cielo es [Em7]azul,[Am]
Just don't go [Fm]telling eve[C]ryone[G7]
[Cmaj]Thought the kettle was a tra[Am]in.
[Cmaj]Thought that Monday was a door[Am]frame.
[Cmaj]Tried so h[Em7]ard to fi[A#/Am]nally settle down.[Am]
[Cmaj]Heard the fire pop and sna[Am]p.
[Cmaj]Like a tack piano rag[Am].
[Cmaj]I never cou[Em7]ld get used[A#/Am] to happy sounds.[G7]
[Cmaj]Yeah, I hope the world's expo[Am]sed.
[Cmaj]A cruel and elaborate hoa[Am]x.
It [Em]convinces me to walk without a [G7]cane.
But [Fm]what can you[G] do?
[Fm]Child, what can you[G] do?
[Cmaj]I always hea[Em7]rd that what[A#/Am] is done is done.[Am]
[Cmaj]El Cielo es [Em7]azul,[Am]
Just don't go [Fm]telling ever[C]yone[G7]
[Cmaj]The past don't ever qui[Am]t.
[Cmaj]There's boxes in the attic[Am].
[Cmaj]Baby sho[Em7]es and taxi[A#/Am]dermy dreams.[Am]
[Cmaj]While the ashes of the dea[Am]d,
[Cmaj]like a dandelion hea[Am]d,
[Cmaj]explode and the[Em7]n are sca[A#/Am]ttered by the breeze[G7].
[Cmaj]We're such a long way bac[Am]k,
[Cmaj]to all the fun that I had[Am].
When [Em]nothing ever seemed to bother [G7]me.
[Fm]But what can you[G] do?
[Fm]Brother, what can you[G] do?
[Cmaj]Sleep 'ne[Em7]ath the st[A#/Am]ars, and toil in the sun.[Am]
[Cmaj]El Cie[Em7]lo es azul[Am]
Just don't go t[Fm]elling eve[C]ryone
[Cmaj]El Cie[Em7]lo es azul[Am]
Just don't go t[Fm]elling any[C]one
by Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley band
CAPO ON 5
This version was created by mashing up a few of the existing tabs and the
comments/corrections as well as adding a few small things that I picked up
myself. The lyrics were wrong on the other tabs also.
Most of it can be strummed and sounds pretty good if finger picking is not
your thing but I really think the Cmaj -> Em7 -> A#/Am -> Am progression in
"watched its shadow fly 'cross the cement" needs to be played with a
descending arpeggio to sound good.
Please do not assume the Am in the "El cielo es azul" progression is a typo.
I'm pretty sure the A# root note is left out from the other stanze to make
this part sound more powerful and less dissonant.
Let's define some chords. I apologize if I've used the wrong names for some
of these. If you follow these definitions I promise it will all work out.
[Cmaj]
------
E|x
B|o
G|o
D|2
A|3
E|x
[Em7]
-------
E|x
B|x
G|o
D|o
A|2
E|x
[A#/Am]
-------
E|x
B|o
G|2
D|2
A|1
E|x
[G7]
-------
E|x
B|o
G|o
D|3
A|2
E|3
[Cmaj]Saw an eagle on a pol[Am]e
[Cmaj]I think it was an e[Am]agle
[Cmaj]Watched its [Em7]shadow f[A#/Am]ly 'cross the cem[Am]ent
[Cmaj]And I woke up in the sno[Am]w,
[Cmaj]all the trees were crowds of peopl[Am]e.
[Cmaj]No coat, no shoe[Em7]s, no idea [A#/Am]where they went.[G7]
[Cmaj]I followed the fenceline thi[Am]n,
[Cmaj]back where the yard begin[Am]s
[Em]My woman, she stood crying like a m[G7]an.
Said, [Fm]where have you[G] been?
[Fm]Where have you[G] been?
[Cmaj]I thought you s[Em7]aid that al[A#/Am]l of that was done.[Am]
[Cmaj]El Cielo es [Em7]azul,[Am]
Just don't go [Fm]telling eve[C]ryone[G7]
[Cmaj]Thought the kettle was a tra[Am]in.
[Cmaj]Thought that Monday was a door[Am]frame.
[Cmaj]Tried so h[Em7]ard to fi[A#/Am]nally settle down.[Am]
[Cmaj]Heard the fire pop and sna[Am]p.
[Cmaj]Like a tack piano rag[Am].
[Cmaj]I never cou[Em7]ld get used[A#/Am] to happy sounds.[G7]
[Cmaj]Yeah, I hope the world's expo[Am]sed.
[Cmaj]A cruel and elaborate hoa[Am]x.
It [Em]convinces me to walk without a [G7]cane.
But [Fm]what can you[G] do?
[Fm]Child, what can you[G] do?
[Cmaj]I always hea[Em7]rd that what[A#/Am] is done is done.[Am]
[Cmaj]El Cielo es [Em7]azul,[Am]
Just don't go [Fm]telling ever[C]yone[G7]
[Cmaj]The past don't ever qui[Am]t.
[Cmaj]There's boxes in the attic[Am].
[Cmaj]Baby sho[Em7]es and taxi[A#/Am]dermy dreams.[Am]
[Cmaj]While the ashes of the dea[Am]d,
[Cmaj]like a dandelion hea[Am]d,
[Cmaj]explode and the[Em7]n are sca[A#/Am]ttered by the breeze[G7].
[Cmaj]We're such a long way bac[Am]k,
[Cmaj]to all the fun that I had[Am].
When [Em]nothing ever seemed to bother [G7]me.
[Fm]But what can you[G] do?
[Fm]Brother, what can you[G] do?
[Cmaj]Sleep 'ne[Em7]ath the st[A#/Am]ars, and toil in the sun.[Am]
[Cmaj]El Cie[Em7]lo es azul[Am]
Just don't go t[Fm]elling eve[C]ryone
[Cmaj]El Cie[Em7]lo es azul[Am]
Just don't go t[Fm]elling any[C]one
