The Eagle Laughs At You Chords
by Jackie Lomax
The Eagle Laughs At You by Jackie Lomax is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, G, Em, A, C, B and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: E G E G E G E G Em G A
Verse:
Em
Jump inside your limousine
G A
Run right 'round the world
Em
Flash a hundred notes of green
G A
Get yourself a girl
E Em
But all the time you're standing there
A
Looking like you're talking
C B
The eagle laughs at you
E Em G A
Just barely walking
Verse:
Em
Run around your office block
G A
Tell me what to do
Em
Regulating life by clock
G A
That's a lie for you
E Em
But all the time you're standing there
A
Looking like you're talking
C B
The eagle laughs at you
E E G E
Just barely walking, hey
BREAK:
E
Hey, hey, hey
There's nobody who has got enough money
B
To pay the entrance fee to paradise
E G
And if you haven't got enough
A
Then you'll find it pretty rough
E Em
After living your luxurious life
Em G
Hey, hey, hey
Em G Em G Am B Em G A
Hey, hey, hey
Verse:
Em
Run around your mansion
G A
With a hundred servants clean
Em
You will never do without
G A
A million dollar dream
Em
But all the time you're standing there
A
Looking like you're talking
C B
The eagle laughs at you
Em
Just barely walking
OUTRO:
C B
You know the eagle laughs at you
Em
Just barely walking
C B
The eagle laughs at you
Em G A Em G A Em G A
Just barely walking