The Trader Chords by The Beach Boys

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_ [D] _ Straighter, _ _ _ _ _ _ straighter sail to Jewel's crown, _ [A] humanity [F#m] floats away. _
_ [G] Exploring to command more land, _
[C#m] _ [D] scheming how to rule the [G] waves.
[D] _ _ Straighter's fire, virgin clay, [Bm] [A] and native oil, [F#m] velvet _ ropes.
[G] Grow home declaring desert [Bm] _ plains, [C#m] [D] but totally [E] folks [D] are brave.
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_ [D] Nourishment [A] fills [G] the prairies [Em] and the [F#m] hillsides, [D] and [F#m] animals talk [G] aloud, who [Em] can this [F#m] be said?
[D] And fish [A] are bound [G] to listen to the [F#m] sky, [D] science [Bm] and [A] _ [D] symbiote.
Straighter found the jeweled land, [A] was occupied before [F#m] he came.
[G] By humans of a second look, _ [A] [D] there couldn't [E] even grind [D] that nation.
[G] _ [D] _ _ Straighter said they're not as good, [Bm] [A] as folks who wear [F#m] velvet _ robes.
[G] Grow home again and ask please, hello, _ [C#] [D] but [E] precisely, [D] they're not [G] like humans.
[D] Advantage [A] them from [G] the prairies [Em] and our [F#m] [D] hillsides, clear [A] them from [G] our mountains [Em] and our [F#m] [D] seasides.
I'll walk [A] them off [G] my legs, so please [F#m] reply, [D] science [Bm] is [A] [D] serially.
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[G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ Straighter, he got the crown, okay, [A] where humanity [F#m] thrives and _ sways.
[G] He civilized all he saw, _ [A] [D] making changes every civil did.
[G] _ _ [D] Sharks [B] spread [F#m] over [G] the prairies and the [F#m] [D] hillsides, and roads [A] cut through [G] the mountains to the [A] seasides.
The other kinds let [G] you hide, [F#m] and [D] so [C#] sincerely [G] cry. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Making [F] it _ [C] softly, _ like the evening sea.
_ [G] [C] Trying to be, [D]
[G] making it go, _ [B] creating [F] it [C] gently.
_ _ [D] Like a morning [C] breeze, [G] a life [C] released.
_ Eyes that see [Am] _
_ [Em] _ _ [Bm] beyond [C] the model, through [Em] to the _ [D] time without [C] hours.
[D] Passing the _ [G] Eden [C] of flowers, [Am] reason [G] we live, [Em] embracing [F] _
[C] together.
_ _ [D] Like the merging [C] streams, [G] crying [C] dreams.
[G] Making it full, begging [F] _ [C] intently, _ _ for a slight _ [G] reprieve.
A [C] night of ease, [G] hands were [C] _ _ touched.
[G] The _ abominable [C] sorrow, [G] onto the _ force without [C] power.
Piercing [G] the _ [Bm] crust of [C] a tower, reason for living.
_ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C]
Hoping, _ [G] like a [C] budding rose, [G] _
[C] humbly chose.
[G] Making it, _
[Bm] [F] struggling lonely.
[C] _ _ Like [G] a [C] desert field, [G] [C] break the seal. _
[G] Make it [C] real, ears to hear.
[Am] _ _ _ [G] _ [Bm] _ Beyond [C] the showers, onto [G] the _ [Bm] sun of [C] _
tomorrows.
Burning [D] the flesh [C] of our _ _ sorrows.
Reason to _ [D] live, [C] _ _ [D] _ [C] reason to continue.
[D] _ [C] _ _ _ Reason to go [D] on, [C] _ _ _ reason to [D] live.
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