Lyr Req: The Road to El Dorado (Eric Bogle)

Subject: Lyr Req: The road to Eldordo
From: GUEST,Fasteddy
Date: 29 Aug 19 - 01:22 PM

Hello...Does anybody have the words to Eric's Road to Eldorado? Can't find it anywhere.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The road to Eldordo
From: GUEST,Starship
Date: 29 Aug 19 - 01:39 PM

You talking about the movie and the song by Elton John?

Subject: Chords ADD: The road to Eldorado (Eric Bogle)
From: GUEST,Starship
Date: 29 Aug 19 - 06:04 PM

http://bettyloumusic.com/theroadtoeldorado.htm

Eric Bogle's lyrics with chords at that link.

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The road to El Dorado    (video)

 

D - A - D - G - A - D

 

D A D G A D

1. On the road to El Dorado, I stopped to smell the flowers,

D A D Bm - G A

I lay content amongst their sweet scent as minutes turn to hours.

G D G A

Around me birds were singing a song as pure as an angels’ tears,

G A D Bm - G A D

time slipped away, hours turned to days, and days turned into years.

 

+ D - G - D - G

 

D A D G A D

3. I searched for El Dorado, nearly all my life,

D A D Bm - G A

with little thought to whom or what I have to sacrifice,

G D G A

to drink deep from the holy grail on the altar of success,

D A D Bm

I thought if I could sup from that golden cup

G A D

I'd find peace and happiness.

 

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D A D G A D

3. But the Road to El Dorado is a steep and slippery track,

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for every yard I climbed I would find I slipped two yards back.

G D G A

Never found my El Dorado or walked its golden streets,

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though it still gleamed deep in my dreams twas' always out of reach.

 

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+ instrumental = verse 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D A D G A D

4. On the Road to El Dorado I looked only straight ahead,

D A D Bm - G A

deaf and blind to the true behind the dreams inside my head,

G D - G A

until I saw the sunshine dancing in the morning air,

G A D Bm - G A D

and I realized El Dorado lies around us everywhere.

 

+ D - G - D - G

 

D A D - G A D

5. On the road to El Dorado, I stopped to smell the flowers,

D A D Bm - G A

I lay content amongst their sweet scent as minutes turn to hours.

G D G A

Around me birds were singing a song as pure as an angels’ tears,

G A D Bm - G A D

time slipped away, hours turned to days, and days turned into years.

 

+ D - G - D - G - D

 

(Eric Bogle)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The road to Eldorado
From: Jack Campin
Date: 30 Aug 19 - 02:10 PM

I knew a Glaswegian called Eric who moved to Spain to become an alcoholic. Surprisingly it wasn't the road to Eldorado - he ended up on Carlsberg.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The road to Eldorado (Bogle)
From: GUEST,Fasteddy
Date: 31 Aug 19 - 03:00 AM

Thanks all.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The road to Eldorado (Bogle)
From: GUEST
Date: 31 Aug 19 - 05:21 AM

THERE'S A BETTER imho ELDORADO song by GRAHAM MILES on youtube

Subject: Lyr Add: THE ROAD TO EL DORADO (Eric Bogle)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 05 Sep 19 - 04:41 PM

This copy has a few small grammatical/spelling/punctuation corrections.


THE ROAD TO EL DORADO
As recorded by Eric Bogle on “Endangered Species” (2000)

1. On the road to El Dorado, I stopped to smell the flowers.
I lay content 'mongst their sweet scent as minutes turned to hours.
Around me, birds were singing a song as pure as an angel's tears.
Time slipped away; hours turned to days, and days turned into years.

2. I'd searched for El Dorado nearly all my life,
With little thought to whom or what I'd have to sacrifice
To drink deep from the holy grail on the altar of success.
I thought if I could sup from that golden cup, I'd find peace and happiness.

3. But the road to El Dorado is a steep and slipp'ry track.
For every yard I climbed, I would find I'd slipped two yards back.
Never found my El Dorado or walked its golden streets.
Though it still gleamed deep in my dreams, 'twas always out of reach.

4. On the road to El Dorado, I looked only straight ahead,
Deaf and blind to the truth behind the dreams inside my head,
Until I saw the sunshine dancing in the morning air,
And I realized El Dorado lies around us ev'rywhere.

REPEAT VERSE 1