Tom: C
G
Dm
Of war and peace the truth just twists
F
C
G
C/G
G
C/G
F
G
It's curfew gull it glides
G
Dm
Upon four-legged forest clouds
F
C
G
C/G
G
The cowboy angel rides
G
Bm
Am
G
With his candle cradled into the sun
Am
C
D
Though its glow is waxed in black
G
Bb
Am
G
C/G
G
C/G
F
G
All except when 'neath the trees of Eden
G
Dm
The lamppost stands with folded arms
F
C
G
C/G
G
It's iron claws attached
G
Dm
To curbs 'neath holes where babies wail
F
C
G
C/G
G
Though it shadows metal badge
G
Bm
Am
G
All and all can only fall
Am
C
D
With a crashing but meaningless blow
G
Bb
C
G
C/G
G
C/G
G
And no sound at all comes from the Gates of Eden
G
Dm
The savage soldier sticks his head
F
C
G
In sand and then complains
G
Dm
Unto the shoeless hunter who's
F
C
G
Gone deaf but still remains
G
Bm
Am
G
Upon the beach where hound dogs bay
Am
C
D
At ships with tattooed sails
G
Bb
C
G
C/G
G
C/G
F
G
Heading for the Gates of Eden
G
Dm
With a time-rusted compass blade
F
C
G
Aladdin and his lamp
G
Dm
Sits with Utopian hermit monks
F
C
G
Side saddle on the Golden Calf
G
Bm
Am
G
And on their promises of paradise
Am
C
D
You will not hear a laugh
G
Bb
C
G
C/G
G
C/G
F
G
All except inside the Gates of Eden
G
Dm
Relationships of ownership
F
C
G
C/G
G
They whisper in the wings
G
Dm
To those condemned to act accordingly
F
C
G
And wait for succeeding kings
G
Bm
Am
G
And I try to harmonize with songs
Am
C
D
The lonesome sparrow sings
G
Bb
C
G
C/G
G
C/G
F
G
There are no kings inside the Gates of Eden
G
Dm
The motorcycle black Madonna
F
C
G
C/G
G
Two-wheeled gypsy queen
G
Dm
And her silver-studded phantom cause
F
C
G
The gray flannel dwarf to scream
G
Bm
Am
G
As he weeps to wicked birds of prey
Am
C
D
Who pick up on his bread crumb sins
G
Bb
C
G
C/G
G
C/G
F
G
And there are no sins inside the Gates of Eden
G
Dm
The kingdoms of experience
F
C
G
C/G
G
In the precious winds they rot
G
Dm
While paupers change possessions
F
C
G
Each one wishing for what the other has got
G
Bm
Am
G
And the princess and the prince
Am
C
D
Discuss what's real and what is not
G
Bb
C
G
C/G
G
C/G
F
G
It doesn't matter inside the Gates of Eden
G
Dm
The foreign sun, it squints upon
F
C
G
C/G
G
A bed that is never mine
G
Dm
As friends and other strangers
F
C
G
From their fates try to resign
G
Bm
Am
G
Leaving men wholly totally free
Am
C
D
To do anything they wish to do but die
G
Bb
C
G
C/G
G
C/G
F
G
And there are no trials inside the Gates of Eden
G
Dm
At dawn my lover comes to me
F
C
G
C/G
G
And tells me of her dreams
G
Dm
With no attempts to shovel the glimpse
F
C
G
Into the ditch of what each one means
G
Bm
Am
G
At times I think there are no words
Am
C
D
But these to tell what's true
G
Bb
C
G
C/G
G
C/G
G
And there are no truths outside the Gates of Eden