A                                                   D 
Well he rides into town on the back of a big silver eagle 
E7                                                      A 
Strapped to his shoulders are the burdens of staying on top 
                                                      D 
And the lines in his face tell the story of an uphill flight 
        E7                                                A 
You can tell how he feels day by day by the songs that he writes 

                                                      D 
He's loved by millions somehow he's their prisoner as well 
      E7                                              A 
As he rides down the road in his ten wheeled aluminum cell 
                                                       D 
Now he lives for the day that the eagle will carry him home 
           E7                                                A 
'Cause the glamour is over nearly all of his seeds have been sown 

              D           E7                      A 
Let him go silver eagle there must be a better way to fly 
                        D          E7 
For this great American poet who's singing his songs 
                                 A 
About the everyday working man's life 

                                              D 
One night on the road just south of the Idyho line 
        E7                                                 A 
We were smoking some contracts and attempting to alter our minds 
                                                          D 
Then just before daylight Hank pushed back his hat and he said 
          E7 
"Ah we're puttin too much emphasis on bein' a star 
                                   A 
Can't we do a little bit of living instead" 

               D           E7                      A 
Let him go silver eagle there must be a better way to fly 
                        D          E7 
For this great American poet who's singing his songs 
                                 A 
About the everyday working man's life 

              D           E7                      A 
Let him go silver eagle there must be a better way to fly 
                        D          E7 
For this great American poet who's singing his songs 
                                 A 
About the everyday working man's life