| E | B | |
| it was taken in the desert | early light |
| E /ESUS4 |
| i look a lot like a leprechaun |
| E /ESUS4 |
| with a mexican vest and a red hippie hat on |
| B | D | B | |
| maracas in my | left hand, stick in my right |
| E F# D E /ESUS4 |
| there are canyons there are caverns |
| E | F# | D | B | |
| there are b | oarder | roadside taver | ns |
| C#m B ASUS2 E E /ESUS4 B |
| i am held captive by the big blue sky above me |
| E /ESUS4 |
| she naps with the tv on |
| E /ESUS4 |
| i smell the june cut grass from my pappy's lawn |
| E /ESUS4 B |
| i play alone in the little room upstairs |
| E /ESUS4 |
| there are lincoln logs and cookie tins |
| E /ESUS4 |
| colored blocks and wars to win |
| E /ESUS4 B D B |
| i draw and i dream and beat my drums up there |
| E F# D E /ESUS4 |
| there are circus lights and maple leaves |
| E | F# | D | B | |
| there are daffod | ils and dogwood | tree | s |
| C#m B ASUS2 E |
| i am held captive by the big blue sky above me |
| Between here play the following chords (fingerplay): |
| EADGBE | EADGBE | EADGBE | |
| 4xx400 | 5xx400 | 7xx800 2X and play B at last |
| E /ESUS4 |
| now the coffee's strong |
| E /ESUS4 |
| and the fruit's all wrong |
| E /ESUS4 B |
| and my wakeup call's for somebody else |
| E /ESUS4 |
| and the tv's hoax and neurosis jokes |
| B | |
| always keep my la | ughing at myself |
| D | B | |
| and i l | augh a lot that's what i | do |
| D | B | |
| and i l | earn the things i never | knew |
| E F# D E /ESUS4 |
| and i see canyons i see caverns |
| E | F# | D | B | |
| i see | border r | oadside tav | erns |
| C#m B ASUS2 E |
| and i am held captive by the big blue sky above me |
| E B ASUS2 E |
| i am held captive only by the big blue sky |
| E B ASUS2 E ASUS2 B E and fade out |
| i am held captive by the big blue sky above me |
| Roger Loftaas |
| 29.08.2001 |