Intro: Am C G (x2)

Verse 1:
Am
Eastward of Eden
          C               G
Where the clouds meet the dirt
    Am
We left our poor mother
    C          G
And seeded the earth
    F
The gates they were shuttered
    C            D
The latches were locked
    Am
Oh, eastward of Eden,
      G          Am
Where men become Gods

Am
Few though our people
   C         G
We toiled as one
    Am
The fruits of our labors
        C         G
Thrived under the sun
    F
Our children they spread to
   C          D
Outnumber the stars
    Am
Oh, eastward of Eden,
      G            D
Where day turns to dark, ahh

Bridge:
Am            C             G               D
Leave it all, leave it all, leave it all behind
Am            C             G               D
 Leave it all, leave it all, leave it all behind
Am            C             G               D
 Leave it all, leave it all, leave it all behind
Am            C             G               D
 Leave it all, leave it all, leave it all behind

Behind

Verse 2:
   Am          C
We watered our forests
     G        D
With fire and flood
    Am          C
And fed our own egos
     G             D
With our brothers’ blood
   F
We starved every ocean
          C          D
Till they ate up our shores
    Am
Oh, eastward of Eden,
         G           D
Where we always want more

    Am          C
Our towers they rose up
    G            D
And set with the sun
    Am           C
Our sermons they burnt us
     G     D
With fiery tongue
   F
We wrought our wings of metal
   C              D
Surprised when we fell
    Am
Oh, eastward of Eden,
      G          D
Where Heaven’s a Hell

Bridge:
Am            C             G               D
 Leave it all, leave it all, leave it all behind
Am            C             G               D
 Leave it all, leave it all, leave it all behind
Am            C             G               D
 Leave it all, leave it all, leave it all behind
Am            C             G               D
 Leave it all, leave it all, leave it all behind

Behind

Interlude: Am C G (x2)

Verse 3:
Am
Eastward of Eden
          C               G
Where the dust meets the dirt
   Am
We murdered our mother
    C             G
And strangled the earth
   F
Forgive us, oh mama
      C       D
Whose face we forgot
    Am
Oh, eastward of Eden,
      G          D
Where men become Gods
Am
Eastward of Eden,
      G          Am
Where men become Gods
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