Redd Alexander - Come Down Zarathustra Chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I dreamed I was a young man achin', bakin' in the heat
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the plans I made laid scattered in the sand beneath my feet
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an eagle and a serpent flyin' laps around me head
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my legs were sore, I thought for sure that I was good as dead
 
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there came a haggard, tattered man ridin' on the hill
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he offered me his wine and time, let me drink my fill
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i prayed sir, whats the way sir out the daze I'm standin' in
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he said "Call me Zarathustra, and you're where we all begin
 
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he said if you're to leave this desert son, some things you need to learn
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there ain't a damn thing in this world that you'll get that you don't earn
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so learn to bare the burdens there of the desert on your back
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and come to know, the road to go is where the camel leaves his track
 
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so he dropped the rope and that camel walked and walked and walked some more
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we went left and right, a dozen times, i still don't know what for
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we passed some trees, a couple creeks, a river to adore
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so i said my camel days have paid their dues, i need that water's roar
 
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he said very well, i can tell a fire in you burns
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you've come to know, so long ago, the desert's twists and turns
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pretty soon, he'll make of you a lion among the men
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and when its me you need to see, just sing my song right then
 
 
and he sang
 
[Chorus]
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come down zarathustra, come down from your hills
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and in the wind, confess the sins that fill your soul with ills
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my men of scale and feather scan the land for worthy wills
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that sing come down zarathustra, won't you come down from your hills
 
[Verse 2]
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so i claimed the land, and raised the sand to an ivory throne to sit
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the men and women, from the beginning, warned if i eclipse
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the lair of a great dragon there that calls this desert home
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his golden scales, if i dare, will blind if they are shone
 
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so i asked around my little town and it came quite crystal clear
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ain't a soul could tell the difference well between the truth and smoke and mirrors
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so i rolled the dice and told 'em twice to go and place their bets
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i said the flames that blow from the dragon's nose won't even break a sweat
 
 
and I sang
 
[Chorus]
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come down zarathustra, won't you come down from your hills
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the world today has lost its way in cheap and empty thrills
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they try to fill the emptiness with promises and pills
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so come down zarathustra, won't you come down from your hills
 
 
[Verse 3]
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i heard a screech from an eagles beak and the slither of a snake
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and then somethin' in the wind caused that dragon's den to shake
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i stook my ground and was surrounded in a charlatan's breath
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the people cried "did he survive" and i roared a lion's "yes"
 
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i woke to find some scribbled lines that said my work is done
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the camel and the lion died so you could have some fun
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the world can be a desert if you let it wear you through
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but you'll turn the dragons into dust if you sing what I taught you
 
 
and i sang
 
[Chorus]
Am
come down zarathustra, won't you come down from your hills
Em
come and share my wine and time, we'll sit and drink our fill
Am
a child at play will find its way in the soul's eternal will
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so come down zarathustra, won't you come down from your hills