Intro: C F (x2)
verse 1
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Earth is like a church without a preacher
C F
The people have to pray for themselves
C E A D7
Animals and birds cannot help them
G E A D C F
Trees and plants have nothing new to say
verse 2
C F
Planets are just bumbles, floating carelessly
C F
Streets lined up with boxes, so it seems
C E A D7
Lined up there forever by their buildings
G E A D C F
Standing in the way of children's dreams
verse 3
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So I made my way down this highway
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Stopping now to rest and then to eat
C E A D7
Trying not to damage that that's in my way
G E A D C F C F
Lookin' for a way to be complete
verse 4
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That's how it ends in the beginning
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That's how I plan to say goodbye
C E A D7
Leavin' bells just as they were ringing
G E A D C F
I'm not trying to make something die
Verse 5
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My friend Al got the message
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Sent it down that street with the boxes on
C E A D7
Lined up there forever, filled with thinkers
G E A D C F C F
working on solutions here and gone
Verse 6
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I really want to make a difference
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Trying now to help him with the work
C E A D7
Originating in the heart of something
G E A D C F C F
Worth keeping in the soul when it gets hurt
Verse 7
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As we keep on building roads of boxes
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To think inside of what we will
C E A D7
With increasing distance from the foxes
G E A D C F
From the wolves and whip-poor-wills
Verse 8
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And from the crows and all the sea creatures
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Mermaids and the galleons of horse
C E A D7
Crossing over onto waves of fortunes
G E A D C F
To finally crash upon the shore
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Upon the shore Upon the shore
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On the shore On the shore
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On the shore On the shore
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On the shore On the shore
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On the shore On the shore
Verse 9
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Rescued there by primative tribesman
C F
Living in round triangles forevermore
C E A D7
Never ever in a straight line
G E A D C F C F C F
And always on the road to Heaven's door
verse 10
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Will the clouds and the rains come in torrents
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And will the winds blow forever on the shore
C E A D7
Over the dry land between the castles
G E A D C F C F
Or the herds of horses grazing on the clover
Outro
C F
Earth is like a church without a preacher
C F
Without a preacher
C F
Earth is like a church without a preacher
C
Without a preacher
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Earth is like a church
C F
Earth is like a church
C F C
Earth is like a church