Jackson Browne – Looking East (Guitar)

  Bb                           F                      C
Standing in the ocean with the sun burning low in the west

       Bb                    F                            C
Like a fire in the cavernous darkness at the heart of the beast

        Bb
With my beliefs and possessions

F                            Am
Stopped at the frontier in my chest

       Bb                     F
At the edge of my country, my back to the sea

       C       C
Looking east

          Bb                         F                        C
Where the search for the truth is conducted with a wink and a nod

          Bb                       F                       C
And where power and position are equated with the grace of     God

      Bb                       F
These times are famine for the soul

                            Am
While for the senses it's a feast

         Bb                     F
From the edge of my country, as far as you see

       C
Looking east

Eb            Bb        Eb            Bb        C
Hunger in the midnight, hunger at the stroke of noon

Eb            Bb       Eb            Bb     C
Hunger in the mansion, hunger in the rented room

Eb            Bb  Eb            Bb     F
Hunger on the TV, hunger on the printed page

              Eb
And there's a God-sized hunger

Bb                              C
Underneath the laughing and the rage

       Bb
In the absence of light

        C
And the deepening night

        Bb               F
Where I wait for the sun

        C
Looking east

Am                        F                      G
 How long have I left my mind to the powers that be?

Am                        F               G                  Bb C (x8)
 How long will it take to find the higher power moving in me?

Bb          C         Bb           C
Power in the insect   Power in the sea

Bb           C           Bb     C
Power in the snow falling silently.

Bb           C        Bb           C
Power in the blossom   Power in the stone

Bb           C          Bb       C
Power in the song being    sung alone

Bb           C            Bb           C
Power in the wheat field  Power in the rain

Bb           C               Bb      C
Power in the sunlight and the   hurricane

Bb           C        Bb           C
Power in the silence  Power in the flame

Bb           C            Bb      C
Power in the sound of the lover's name

Bb                       F                    C
The power of the sunrise   and the power of a prayer released

       Bb                    F                          C
On the edge of my country, I pray for the ones with the least

Eb            Bb       Eb              Bb       C
Hunger in the midnight, hunger at the stroke of  noon

Eb            Bb       Eb            Bb        C
Hunger in the banquet, hunger in the bride and groom

Eb            Bb    Eb            Bb      F
Hunger on the TV,   hunger on the printed page

              Eb
And there's a God-sized hunger

Bb                              C
Underneath the questions of the age

       Bb
And an absence of light

       C
In the deepening night

        Bb
Where I wait for the sun

F           C
    Looking east

Bb  F  C
(fade)