Siddhartha Chords - Steve Murray

Intro

C G Am F Am F G C

Verse 1

C G Am F In a worn-out desert town, southeast of El Paso, Am F C G Miles from nowhere hapless despair C G Am F Tumbleweed rhythms brush off toward the border Am F G C Ringing their passions on the people down there C G Am F Well, there lived a young boy whose body was burning, Am F C G Work, worn, and ragged, overflowing with scorn C G Am F Well he dreamt of a day held far from the hunger Am F G C And the plight and the plunder he’d been bound to endure

Chorus 1

F G C I found the wings of Siddhartha F G C Running from the whims of an unknown fool F G C Follow the priests and princes from within you F G C F G C Away from the cold and cruel, away from the cold and cruel

Verse 2

C G Am F And so the young boy well he lifted his head, Am F C G With eyes of cast-iron, he went on his way C G Am F He fled from the valley up on north through the Guadalupe Am F G C So bound for a reason there’d been nothing to say C G Am F There he encountered a man grown old weak and withered Am F C G Relentlessly lonely and a heart filled with fire, C G Am F He said boy where you bound for ‘cause it’s been many a season Am F G C That I’ve been bound for a reason and it’s making me sore

Chorus 2

Verse 3

C G Am F Well this boy stood unmoved, unfazed, and undaunted Am F C G Pushed up his sleeves and bade the old man farewell C G Am F And he stole toward a day unforced from another Am F G C Raised by the mother of logic and love C G Am F So, he plotted to find a meadow of wisdom Am F C G Far from the valley from where he had come C G Am F And he built for himself a deep hidden cabin Am F G C Apart from the strings from which he’d been strung

Chorus 3

Outro

C G Am F It’s there he remained alive and inspired Am F C G And with the fires of freedom, he had something to say C G Am F He said steel to the springs of the blood in your veins Am F G C And don’t get caught out in the fettering rain