Turtles All The Way Down Sturgill Simpson Key: E

Verse:           E I've seen Jesus play with flames, in a lake of fire                     A Asus4 A Asus4 That I was standing in         B7 Met the devil in Seattle                                         E Esus4 E Esus4 And spent nine months inside the lions... den

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Met Buddha yet another time                                         A Asus4 A Asus4 And he showed me the glowing light within B7 But I swear that God is there, every time I glare                           E Esus4 E Esus4 Into the eyes of my best... friend

Refrain: A Says my son, it's all been done                                       E Esus4 E Esus4 Someday you're gonna wake up old and... gray     A So go and try to have some fun, showing warmth to everyone                                           B7 (walk down) You meet and greet... and cheat along the way

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There's a gateway in our minds that leads somewhere out there                 A Asus4 A Asus4 Far beyond this plane       B7 Where reptile aliens made of light                                 E Esus4 E Esus4 Cut you open, pull out all your pain

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Tell me how you make illegal                                   A Asus4 A Asus4 Something that we all make in our brain       B7 Some say you might go crazy                                   E Esus4 E Esus4 Then again, it might make you go... sane

A Every time I... take a look... inside that old and... fabled book     A I'm blinded and... reminded of...                                         E Esus4 E Esus4 The pain caused by some old man in the sky A Marijuana... LSD... psilocybin... DMT... A They all changed... the way I see...     A B7 (walk down) But love's the only thing... that ever saved my life           E So, don't waste your mind on nursery rhymes or fairy tales of blood and wine       A A/G# F#m It's turtles all the way down the line       A So to each their own til' we go home... to other realms our souls must roam A B7 E To and through... the myth that... we all call... space and time                                             (let final chord ring)