Beach Boys - The Trader

the trader ( carl wilson/jack rieley )
album : holland

part 1 :

verse :
D A F#m7
trader sailed a jeweled crown humanity rowed the way
G G/F# . Em D Em F#m
exploring to command more land , scheming how to rule the waves .
D A F#m
trader spied a virgin plain and named it for velvet robes
G G/F# Em D Em F#m
wrote home declaring there’s a place where totally folks are free
D/A A/C# G/D
nourishment fills the prairies and the hillsides
D/A A/C# G/D
and animals stalk the mountains and the seaside
D/A A/C# G/D . D A D
and fish abound the lakes and birds the skies , signed sincerely .

verse :

trader found the jeweled land was occupied before he came
by humans of a second look who couldn’t even write their names shame
trader said they’re not as good as folks who wear velvet robes
wrote home again and asked , “please help , their breasts i see; they’re not like me

chorus :

banish them from our prairies and our hillsides
clear them from our mountains and our seaside
i want them off our lakes so please reply , signed sincerely .

verse :

trader he got the crown okay , cleared humanity from his way
he civilized all he saw making changes every single day , say

chorus :

shops sprang over the prairies and the hillsides
then roads cut through the mountains to the seaside
the other kind fled to hide , by and by , and so sincerely
G
cried .

part 2 :

G/D F/C C F/C C G/B C
making it softly , like the evening sea , trying to be
C/A G
making it go .
C/A G/B F/C C F/C C G/B C
creating it gently , like a morning breeze , a life of ease
G/B C C/A D/E D C D/E D C
eyes that see beyond tomorrow , through to the time without hours
D/E D C C/A G
passing the eden of flowers , reason to live .

G/D F/C C F/C C G/B C
embracing together , like the merging streams , crying dreams
C/A G
making it full
C/A G/B F/C C F/C C G/B C
begging intently , for a slight reprieve , a night of ease
G/B C C/A D/E D C D/E D C
hands to touch beyond the sorrow , on to the force without power
D/E D C C/A G
piercing the crust of the tower , reason to live .

D/E D C D/E D C D/E D C C/A G C/A G/B

hoping , like a budding rose , humbling shows
making it
struggling lonely , like a desert field , break the seal , make it real
ears to hear , beyond the showers , on to the suns of tomorrows
burning the flesh of all sorrows ,
D/C C
reason to live
D/C C
reason to continue
D/C C
reason to go on
D/C C
reason to live
D/C C
reason to live
D/C C
reason to live