The Garden Of Allah Chords by Don Henley

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He was a pretty big deal for fashion, a lousy year for rock and [G] roll.
[E] The people gave the message of crime seductive, was a dark, dark night in the collective soul.
Now we're somewhere out on Riverside, at the El Royale Hotel, [G] [E] when a stranger appeared
in a cloud of smoke.
Thought I knew [Em] him all too well, he [E] said, now that I have your attention, I got something
I want to [Em] say, [E] you may not want to hear it, but I'm going to tell it to you anyway.
You know I've always liked you boy, _ because you were not afraid of me.
Things are going to get mighty rough, here in Gamora by the sea.
He [A] _ said, it's just like home, _ it's so [G] damn hot I [E] can't stand it. _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ My fancy sexy suit [G] is all [E] soaking wet, _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] and the hills are burning, and the wind is raging,
[A] and the clock strikes midnight, _ in [A] the Garden [E] of _ _ Allah. _ _
[Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Nice car. _
[Em] I [E] love those Bavarians, so ridiculous. _ _
You know I remember a time when things were a lot more fun around here.
[Em] When good [E] was good, and evil was evil.
Before things got so fuzzy.
I was once a golden boy like you, [Em] and I was [E] summoned to the halls of power in the heavenly
courts, and I dined with the deities who looked upon me with favor for my talents,
my creativity.
And we [Bm] sat beneath the [E] palms in the warm afternoons and drank the wine of Fitzgerald and Huxley,
and they honed the biting phrase from tongues hot with blood, [Em] [E] and drained their pens of
bitter ink, vainly reaching for the bottle full of empty eaves, branded specially for
the ones who had come with great [G] expectations [E] to the perfumed halls of Allah, for their
time in the sun.
_ [A] _ And we were still gonna fight, _ and [G] order [E] machinery, _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ until the _ _ [G] goddess of [E] our _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] world was come,
and the earth was shaken, [A] and there was no more room _ in the Garden [E] of Allah. _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Today, I've made an appearance downtown.
I am an expert witness, because I say I am.
And I said, gentlemen, and I used that [E] word loosely, I will testify for you, I'm a gun
for hire, I'm a saint, [D] I'm a liar, because there are no facts, there is no truth, just
data that's been manipulated.
I can get you any result from it, what's it worth to you?
Because there is no wrong, there is no right, and that's very well, at night.
No solution, _ no remorse, no retribution, just people selling t-shirts, [Em] just opportunity
to participate [E] in the pathetic little service, winning, winning, winning. _ _ _ _
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It was a pretty big year for predators, the marketplace was on a roll, and the land of
opportunity, spawned a whole new breed of men [Em] without souls.
[E] This year notoriety got all the future in vain, and the devil is downhearted babe, cause there's
nothing left for him [G] to claim.
[A] _ He said it's just like home, so no doubt [E] I can't stand it, _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ I guess my work around here
has [E] all been done. _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] And the fruits is ripe, the serpent's eyes shine, [A] as they wrap their aroma fine, _ in the
garden [E] of our lives.
In the garden of _ _
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[Em] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ our lives.
_ _ In the garden of our lives. _ _ _ _ _
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In the garden of our lives. _ _ _
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