G D
I thought if I fought you
Em C
In the open field
Em D
Your bayonet would crack
C G
On my hot iron shield
G D
But you caught be running
Em C
Now I'm at your command
Em D
A servant to forces
C G
That I don't understand
[Solo]
C G D Em C G D
[Verse 2]
G D
If you were the shepherd
Em C
And I was the lamb
Em D
And long was the journey
C G
And dark was the land
G D
Who would be following
Em C
Who would be free
Em D
Who would believe
C G
That the shepherd was me
[Chorus]
C G
When that poet decides
D Em
How the heroine dies
C G D
He commits original sin
C G
When that last ray decays
D7 Em C
From the boardwalk parades
G D C G
Yours is the longest shadow to fade
[Solo]
G D Em C G D C G (x2)
[Verse 3]
G D Em C
Oklahoma, don't bury your eyes
Em D
Night receives morning
C G
Like death receives life
G D
Blown are the ashes
Em C
Of the emperor's clothes
Em D
All through the cornfields
C G
Planted in rows
[Chorus]
C G
When that poet decides
D Em
How the heroine dies
C G D
He commits original sin
C G
When that last ray decays
D7 Em C
From the boardwalk parades
G D C G
Yours is the longest shadow to fade
G D C G
Yours is the longest shadow to fade
