(Intro)
F   C  G x 4

(verse)
           D                     F
There's an eagle and he keeps on flying 
     C                         G
over mountains capped in white snow.
         D                        F
In green valleys, lonesome people struggle
             C                          G
to tell each other what they think they know.
            D                            F
With greedy hands they take each others' money
        C                         G
Just to buy and sell each others' pain

(chorus)
        Em                       B
In this land of flowing milk and honey
            F       C      G~G#~A
They wander thirsty in the rain
F       C      G
Thirsty in the rain.

(verse)
Just like that eagle, now my soul is flying
Over the valleys in crimson morning sky
And there don't seem to be no use in struggling so hard
There don't seem to be no reason why
When I must fight you for your rich man's money
Just to buy back his useless pain.

(chorus)
            Em                   B
It seems so useless, and somehow funny
          F       C      G~G#~A
To wander thirsty in the rain
F       C      G
Thirsty in the rain.

(break - VERSE... CHORUS)

So fare thee well, my own true lover
My face you will never see here no more
But there is one promise that is given
That I will meet you on that golden shore
Golden shore, where the eagles soar
So high above the fruitful plain

(chorus)
         Em                   B
I am the same friend that you knew when
            F       C      G~G#~A
We wandered thirsty in the rain
F       C      G
Thirsty in the rain
Thirsty in the rain
Thirsty in the rain

(outro)
F   C  G x 4