On The Day Edward Abbey Died

Mike Jewell

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    G                  C          G
The desert was high and Tucson was old
           D            G
On the day Edward Abbey died.
     G                    C           G
Some magical southwestern places were sold
       G   D            G
On the day Edward Abbey died.

      CHORUS:
      C                               G
      I've tried to protect her. I've tried to get to know her.
      D                              G
      I've thought of her most every day.
      C                      G              Em
      My desert, my canyons, my constant companions
      Am                             D
      The truths that I've heard him say.

We're left now with so much more work to do
On the day Edward Abbey died.
Without him to lead us, it's just me and you
On the day Edward Abbey died.

  C                         G
  So I'll read what he said again and again.
  D                             C
  I think I heard crying on the high desert wind.
  C                            G                  Em
  The things that he stood for shine bright in my mind.
  Am
  We must carry on what he left behind
         G   D            G
  On the day Edward Abbey died.
  
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK 

Our desert can save us if we can save her
On the day Edward Abbey died.
She teaches us more if we stop to confer
On the day Edward Abbey died.

      CHORUS:

So I'll get to know her some more every day
On the day Edward Abbey died.
When the bulldozers come we will stand in the way
On the day Edward Abbey died.
In the days since Edward Abbey died.

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