The End Of The Innocence - Don Henley

G - 320033	C - x32010	D - xx0232	Em - 022000
Bm - 224432	A7sus4 - x02030

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Remember when the days were long
    C
And rolled beneath a deep blue sky
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Didn't have a care in the world
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With mommy and daddy standing by
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When happily ever after fails
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And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
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The lawyers dwell on small details
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Since daddy had to fly

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But I know a place where we can go
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That's still untouched by man
Em            Bm        A7s4
We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by
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And the tall grass wave in the wind

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You can lay your head back on the ground
    Em       Bm        A7s4
And let your hair fall all around me
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Offer up your best defense
    Em          Bm   A7s4
But this is the end
C           D  G
This is the end of the innocence

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O beautiful, for spacious skies
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But now those skies are threatening
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They're beating plowshares into swords
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For this tired old man that we elected king
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Armchair warriors often fail
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And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
    G
The lawyers clean up all details
      Em    C      D
Since daddy had to lie

Em       Bm          A7s4
But I know a place where we can go
Em             C       D
That's still untouched by man
Em            Bm        A7s4
We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by
        Em         C       D
And the tall grass wave in the wind

     G        D         C
Just lay your head back on the ground
    Em       Bm         A7s4
And let your hair spill all around me
G     D       C
Offer up your best defense
    Em          Bm   A7s4
But this is the end
C           D  G
This is the end of the innocence

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Who knows how long this will last
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Now we've come so far, so fast
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But, somewhere back there in the dust
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That same small town in each of us
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I need to remember this
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So baby give me just one kiss
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And let me take a long last look
  Em      C       D
Before we say goodbye

        G        D         C
You can lay your head back on the ground
    Em       Bm        A7s4
And let your hair fall all around me
G     D       C
Offer up your best defense
    Em          Bm   A7s4
But this is the end
C           D  G
This is the end of the innocence