Key: A
Introduction:
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Verse 1 Everybody's jumping on the circus train
G D G D Dm
Well some jump high and some jump off again
Dm C Am G
And the razz-ma-tazz is rolling women folk unveiled
Am F G
All truths to light all cross his name
Em
Even high where the eagle circles
D C
Well you can taste tail feathers team
Am D
But wonders, am I still a free bird
G Am
Or just a part of the machine
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Verse 2 We hitched the cover wagons from the rule out west
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All the picks in the pockets of their sunday best
Dm C Am G
Shaking hands, kissing babies for all of their worth
Am F G
Oh, they'll promise you gold, Promise everyone an earth
Em
Still that old bald eagle circles
D C
It's not the first and that he's seen
Am D
His reflection in the eyes of innocence
G Am
His becoming just another part of the machine
D Am
Part of the machine
F C G
Chorus I wish I had an eagle like you
F G
To look up too
C D G D G
He could be my wings to fly in a big bird sky
C Em
Up Above the whole machine
G Am G Am
Part of the machine, Part of the machine
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Verse 3 Smart guys out running the whole man tribe
G D G D Dm
Up in the mountains where the eagle flies
Dm C Am G
Wouldn't take that job offer on a plate
Am F G
You got to fly with the eagle and he won't wait
Em
Looking Down on the smoke on the factories
D C
Until the truth creeps up unseamed
Am D
They see themselves in the faces of their children
Am
And realize they too are part of the machine
G Am
Part of the machine
F C G
Chorus I wish I had an eagle like you
F G
To wake up too
C D G D G
He could be my wings to fly in a big bird sky
C Em
He'll let me be part of the machine
G Am G Am G Am
Part of the machine, part of the machine, part of the machine
G Am G Am
Part of your machine, part of your machine