Elusive Ragings

Intro: D

D
Elusive Ragings of hand over fist
                                  A
Darken the half light of dawn,
                                       G            D
Drawing conclusions from out of the mist
                       A              D
With notions of reason and wrong

D
Heartbreaking tumult, the battle it seems
                             A
Lies at the root of it all.
                                                G              D
But somewhere still smiling from canyons serene
                           A                   D
The champions of freedom stand tall.

     C                   B
It's late again, it's straight again
     A                      D
It's hopeless and it's lost.
     G               A                                D
Despair cries retreat and then stands to watch.
        C                    B
Then cascading, campaigning,
      A                      D
The bright tones of relief
      G                 Gm                        A
For magic music chords and send for God.

D
Outside the winds beat unmercifully hard;
                                                    A
Fear creeps like sand in through the cracks.
                                   G                D
But inside the stillness is consciously formed
                           A       D
As false goals and egos relax.

BREAK: as chorus

It's late again, it's straight again
It's hopeless and it's lost.
Despair cries retreat and then stands to watch.
Then cascading, campaigning,
The bright tones of relief
For magic music chords and send for God.

Outside the winds beat unmercifully hard;
Fear creeps like sand in through the cracks.
But inside the stillness is consciously formed
As false goals and egos relax.

Words and Music (C) Michael Nesmith