All Thoughts Are Prey To Some Beast Chords by Bill Callahan

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_ [D] _ [E] The leafless tree [F#m] looked like a brain.
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The _ [D] birds [B] within were all [C#] the thoughts and [E] desires within [D] me.
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_ [B] _ _ [D] Hopping [E] around from branch [F#m] to branch, [B] _ [D] or snug in [E] their nests, listening [C#]
in.
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_ [B] _ _ [D] An [B] eagle came over [F#m] the horizon [B] and [D] shook [E] the branches [C#] with its sight.
[E] _ _ [D] The [F#] softer thoughts, [F#m]
starlings, [E] finches, and rats.
[D] The [E] softer thoughts, they [F#m] all took flight.
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_ _ _ [D] _ [Em] The eagle looked [F#m] clear through the brain [E] tree.
_ [A] _ [E] Empty he thought, [F#m] save for me.
[E] _ _ [A] Maybe [E] I'll make [F#m] this one my home.
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] Consolidate the [F#m] nests of the tiny.
[C#] _ _ [D] _ [Em] Raise a family [F#m] of mite [B]-like me.
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_ [E] _ _ [D] _ [C#] Then something struck [F#m] him, wings of [B] bone.
_ [D] The [F#] sweet desires and soft thoughts were all gone. _
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ [F#] The eagle shrieked, I'm alone.
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_ [F#m] _ _ [D] Well, [B] it was time to [C#] flee the tree.
[B] _ _ [A] The [E] eagle snuck [C#] up on the wing, [E] _ _ [D] _ [B] one time, then [F#] at a time.
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_ [E] _ _ [D] _ [B] Being sky [C#] king of the sky, [B] _ _ [D] what did [E] he have [F#] to fear?
[A] _ _ [D] All [C#] thoughts are prey to some [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _
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[A] beast.
_ [D] All thoughts are prey [F#m] to some [E] beast.
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_ [D] _ [B] Sweet desire, [F#m] soft [Em] thoughts, [D] return to me.
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_ [D] _ [E] Sweet desire, [C#] soft thoughts, [E] _
[D] return to [B] me.
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_ [D] Sweet [B] desire, [F#m] soft thoughts, return [F#] to me.
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_ [F#m] Sweet [F#] desire, soft thoughts, [B]
return [D] to me.
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_ [C#] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ [E] Sweet desire, [C#] soft [E] thoughts, [F#] return to me.
Sweet _ _ _ _ _ desire, soft [E] thoughts, return [D] to me.
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