G           D
I thought if I fought you
       Em    C
In the open field
     Em            D
Your bayonet would crack
       C        G
On my hot iron shield
     G            D
But you caught be running
         Em      C
Now I'm at your command
  Em         D
A servant to forces
       C              G
That I don't understand

[Solo]
C G D Em C G D

[Verse 2]
     G          D
If you were the shepherd
     Em        C
And I was the lamb
    Em           D
And long was the journey
     C           G
And dark was the land
    G        D
Who would be following
    Em       C
Who would be free
 Em       D
Who would believe
         C            G
That the shepherd was me

[Chorus]
          C      G
When that poet decides
        D       Em
How the heroine dies
   C       G         D
He commits original sin
          C         G
When that last ray decays
         D7        Em      C
From the boardwalk parades
G            D       C         G
Yours is the longest shadow to fade

[Solo]
G D Em C  G D C G (x2)

[Verse 3]
G   D           Em        C
Oklahoma, don't bury your eyes
Em             D
Night receives morning
     C              G
Like death receives life
G             D
Blown are the ashes
       Em        C
Of the emperor's clothes
Em              D
All through the cornfields
C          G
Planted in rows

[Chorus]
          C      G
When that poet decides
        D       Em
How the heroine dies
   C        G       D
He commits original sin
          C          G
When that last ray decays
         D7           Em  C
From the boardwalk parades
G            D       C         G
Yours is the longest shadow to fade
G            D       C         G
Yours is the longest shadow to fade