Chords for John Denver * Eagle and Horses.

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Horses are [Em] creatures who [Am] worship the earth
They gallop [Em] on feet if [C] I were weak
[F] Constrained by the wonder of dying and birth
[Am] The horses [Em] still run, [Am] they are free
_ My body is merely [Em] the shell [Am] of my soul
But the flesh must [Em] be given its [C] due
[F] Like a pony that carries its rider back home
Like [Am] an old friend [Em] who's tried [Am] and been through
I [C]
had a vision [G] of eagles and horses
[F] High [Dm] on a [Am] winch in a [G] race with the _ wind
[F] Going higher and higher, [C] [Am] faster and [F] faster
But [Am] eagles and horses [G] come [C] flying _ _ [Am] again
Eagles _ _ _ _ _ _ _ inhabit [Em] the heavenly [Am] heights
They [Em] know neither [C] limit nor bound
[F] To the guardian angels of darkness and light
[Am] They see all [Em] and hear [Am] every sound _
My spirit will never be [Em] broken [Am] nor caught
For the [G] soul's a [C] free-flying thing
[F] Like an eagle that needs neither comfort nor thought
[Am] To [Em] rise up on glorious [Am] wings _
[C] I had a [G] vision of eagles and horses
[F] High [Dm] on a winch [Am] in a race [G] with the wind
Going [F] higher and higher, [Em] faster [Am] and faster
But eagles and horses come [C] flying _ again [F] Flying again
Come [C] flying _ again
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_ _ _ _ My body is merely [Em] the shell [Am] of my soul
But the flesh [Em] must be given [C] its due
[F] Like a pony that carries its master back home
[Am] Like an [Em] old friend who's [Am] tried and been through _ _ _ _
_ _ My spirit will never be [E] broken [Am] nor caught
For the [G] soul's a [C] free-flying thing
Like [F] an eagle that needs neither comfort nor thought
[Am] To rise [Em] up on [Am] glorious _ wings
[Em] I [C] had a vision [G] of eagles and horses
[F] High [Dm] on a [Am] winch in a [G] race with the wind
_ [F] Going higher and [C] higher, [Am] faster and [F] faster
But eagles [Am] and horses [G] come flying [C] again _ [F] Flying again [G] Flying [C] _ again [F] Flying again
[G] I'm flying [C] again
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[C] There's a full moon over India
And [F] he lives again
[G] Who's to [Dm] say [G] you have to lose
[C] For someone else to [Em] [Dm] win
[C] In the eyes of all the people
[F] For _ _ [G] the first [F] is just the [G] last one
[Bb] When [C] you play your deadly game
It's [F] about time we [G] realize it
[F] [C] We're all in this together
It's about [F] time we [G] find out
[Dm] [C] It's all of us or none
It's about [F] time we recognize [G] it
[C] These [G] changes in the [Am] weather
[C] It's about [F] [Dm] time, it's about changes
[C] It's about [F] time
[C] _
There's a light in the Vatican window
[F] To see eyes [G] _ [F] [G] in the window
[C] Sometimes he speaks for [Em] [Dm] me
[C] I suppose I love him most of all
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[G] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [C] He makes his strongest stand
[F] _ [G] To see it
_ [C] _ _ It's [F] about _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [Am] _ [C]
[F] time, it's about [Dm] changes
[G] It's [C] about time, _ _ _
[F] it's about [G] changes
It's about [Em] time, [A] [Dm] it's about time
It's [F] about time, it's [C] about time _
There's a [F] man who is [C] my brother
[F] I just don't know his name
But [G] I know [Dm] his home [G] and family
[B] [C] Because I know we [G] feel the [Dm] same
[C] And it hurts me when he's [E] hungry
And it hurts me [F] when his children cry
I'm [G] a true father
_ [C] _ _ It's [F] about time we [G] begin it
_ [C] _ _ It's [F] about time we start to [G] make it
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[F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [Am] [C] It's [F] about [Dm] time, it's [G] about changes
[C] It's about time
[F] It's about peace and [Dm] it's about [G] plenty
[C] It's about time
It's [F] about you and [G] me together
And [C] it's about _ time _
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ Like [A] the dolphin who guides you
You bring us beside you
To light up the darkness and [D] show us the way
Although [A] we are strangers in your silent world
To live on the land we must [D] learn from the sea _
[A] To be true as the tide
Free as the winds swell
You're full of loving in [D] letting it be
I _ [A] could have sold the place that you've been to
Things that you've shown us, [E] the stories [A] you tell
[D] I could have [A] sold my sink to your [D] spirit
The [A] man who has [E] served you so [A] long and so well
[D] I could have sold [A] the place that you've been to
Things that you've shown [E] us, the [A] stories you tell
[D]
I could have [A] sold my sink to your spirit
The man who has [E] served you so long and [A] so well
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