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)