Key: A
Introduction:
Fm Eb/G Ab Bb
Cody says he didn't start the fire
Cm Bb Ab
His parents know he probably did
Fm Eb/G Ab Bb
He's always playing with a light
Cm Bb Ab
He's just a different kind of kid
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And Cody says He didn't raise the dead
Cm Bb Ab
Says "religion's just a trick
Fm Eb/G Ab Bb
To keep hard-working folks in line"
Cm Bb Ab
He says it makes his stomach sick
Fm Eb/G Ab
So who's gonna carry us away?
Db Ab/C Bbm
Eagles with glory-painted wings?
Eb Db Ab/C
We keep on waiting for the miracle to come
Eb Ab
Pour down the mountain
Db Ab/C Eb Ab
Like a heaven-fed stream
Fm Eb/G Ab Bb
Cody's always got one on the line
Cm Bb Ab
He likes to walk 'em by the wrist
Fm Eb/G Ab Bb
He does his pulling with his eyes
Cm Bb Ab
He does his talking with his fists
Fm Eb/G Ab Bb
Bottle rockets on an August night
Cm Bb Ab
Raid the coolers in the trucks
Fm Eb/G Ab Bb
If we're lucky we'll get loud and we'll drink
Cm Bb Ab
Whiskey from a plastic jug
Fm Eb/G Ab Bb
So who's gonna carry us away?
Db Ab/C Bbm
Eagles with glory-painted wings?
Eb Db Ab/C
We keep on waiting for the miracle to come
Eb Ab
Fall from the firmament
Db Ab/C Eb
And give us nice things
Db Ab Eb
Round and round it goes
Db Ab Bbm
Where it stops, nobody knows
Fm
Nobody knows
Fm Eb/G Ab
So who's gonna carry us away?
Db Ab/C Bbm
Eagles with glory-painted wings?
Eb Db Ab/C
We keep on waiting for the miracle to come
Eb Ab
Roll down the mountain
Db Ab/C
To the sound of sad strings
Eb Ab Db Ab/C
We keep on waiting for the miracle
Eb Ab Db Ab/C
For the miracle
Eb Ab Db Ab/C
We keep on waiting for the miracle
Eb Ab Db Ab/C Eb Ab
For the miracle