Beach Boys – The Trader chords
Chords:
The Trader (Carl Wilson/Jack Rieley) Album: Holland Part 1: Verse:D A F#m7Trader sailed a jeweled crown humanity rowed the wayG G/F#. Em D Em F#mExploring to command more land, scheming how to rule the waves.D A F#mTrader spied a virgin plain and named it for velvet robesG G/F# Em D Em F#mWrote home declaring there's a place where totally folks are freeD/A A/C# G/DNourishment fills the prairies and the hillsidesD/A A/C# G/DAnd animals stalk the mountains and the seasideD/A A/C# G/D. D A DAnd fish abound the lakes and birds the skies, signed sincerely.Verse: Trader found the jeweled land was occupied before he came By humans of a second look who couldn't even write their names shame Trader said they're not as good as folks who wear velvet robes Wrote home again and asked, "Please help, their breasts I see; they're not like me Chorus: Banish them from our prairies and our hillsides Clear them from our mountains and our seaside I want them off our lakes so please reply, signed sincerely. Verse: Trader he got the crown okay, cleared humanity from his way He civilized all he saw making changes every single day, say Chorus: Shops sprang over the prairies and the hillsides Then roads cut through the mountains to the seaside The other kind fled to hide, by and by, and so sincerelyGcried.Part 2:G/D F/C C F/C C G/B CMaking it softly, like the evening sea, trying to beC/A GMaking it go.C/A G/B F/C C F/C C G/B CCreating it gently, like a morning breeze, a life of easeG/B C C/A D/E D C D/E D CEyes that see beyond tomorrow, through to the time without hoursD/E D C C/A GPassing the Eden of Flowers, reason to live.G/D F/C C F/C C G/B CEmbracing together, like the merging streams, crying dreamsC/A GMaking it fullC/A G/B F/C C F/C C G/B CBegging intently, for a slight reprieve, a night of easeG/B C C/A D/E D C D/E D CHands to touch beyond the sorrow, on to the force without powerD/E D C C/A GPiercing the crust of the tower, reason to live.D/E D C D/E D C D/E D C C/A G C/A G/B Hoping, like a budding rose, humbling shows Making it Struggling lonely, like a desert field, break the seal, make it real Ears to hear, beyond the showers, on to the suns of tomorrows Burning the flesh of all sorrows,D/C Creason to liveD/C C Reason to continueD/C CReason to go onD/C C Reason to liveD/C C Reason to liveD/C C Reason to live