Chords for Desert Winds
Tempo:
109.25 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
D
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B] [A]
[E]
[B] [A]
[E] I said goodbye to my mother, to my father, and all the other friends I knew.
I [A] headed west to seek [E] my fortune and [B] chase the foolish dream that has no end.
And [E] I climbed the far blue mountains, higher than any tree could grow.
Oh, I [A] never found the [E] gold or silver.
[B]
All I [D] did was stumble down the [B] other side.
To [A] a land so [E] burnt and twisted, [A] to a country [E] as barren as the moon,
I [A] hoped to find the [E] Eldorado.
[D] All I found were these hollow [B] winds that blow.
[C#] These [C#m] desert winds [E]
in a saloon on the Mojave, with a nail of coyote pelt above the door.
[A] My tumble, [E] broken dreams [B] found me underneath the greasy lantern's glow.
Where [E] men with eyes so red and haunted, eyes that burn from the corners of the room,
[A] wait and watch with [E] desperate hunger, [D] weighing every chance, [B] every move.
There [A] are no roads, there [E] are no borders, [A] no [E] outposts of heaven or hell.
[A] There's no god left here, but [E] better country [A] and a devil's dance in [B] canyons far below, [C#m] in these desert winds.
[A] I have fallen off the edge [E] of the world, [A] and no one here will ever [E] speak my name.
[A] I have fallen off the edge [E] of the world, [A] and the air is like a furnace.
[E] The blood runs through my fingers and mingles with the dust blown by the desert winds.
[A]
[E]
In an unforgiving canyon, where the hills broke against blazing sky, [A] the gold at [E] last had found me.
[D] The nuggets burned like embers [B] in my hand, [E] and when gold buys the whiskey, it leaves a scent upon the breeze.
[A] And like hounds, they tracked [E] and found me, [D] their rifle shot with my [B] dreams away.
They [A] know that dead men [E] tell no stories, [A] and as devils dance [E] in their canyons far below,
[A] and my blood [E] streaks the rocks [B] I [D] stumble on, I hear them [B] close behind, [C#m] in these desert winds.
[A] I have fallen off the edge [E] of the world, [A] and no one here will ever [E] speak my name.
[A] I have fallen off the edge [E] of the world, [A] and the air is like a furnace.
The blood runs through my fingers [D] and mingles with the dust blown [E] by the desert winds.
[B] [E] If I [A] were smoke from [E] a lantern, if I [A] could rise [E] weightless in the air,
I [A] would climb the far [E] blue mountains, [D] and like my dreams be carried [B] far away on [C#m] these desert winds.
[A] I have fallen off the edge of [E] the world, [A] and no one here will ever speak [E] my name.
I [A] have fallen off the edge of [E] the world, [A] and the air is like a furnace.
The blood runs through my fingers and mingles with the dust blown by [E] the desert winds.
[A] [E]
[N]
[E]
[B] [A]
[E] I said goodbye to my mother, to my father, and all the other friends I knew.
I [A] headed west to seek [E] my fortune and [B] chase the foolish dream that has no end.
And [E] I climbed the far blue mountains, higher than any tree could grow.
Oh, I [A] never found the [E] gold or silver.
[B]
All I [D] did was stumble down the [B] other side.
To [A] a land so [E] burnt and twisted, [A] to a country [E] as barren as the moon,
I [A] hoped to find the [E] Eldorado.
[D] All I found were these hollow [B] winds that blow.
[C#] These [C#m] desert winds [E]
in a saloon on the Mojave, with a nail of coyote pelt above the door.
[A] My tumble, [E] broken dreams [B] found me underneath the greasy lantern's glow.
Where [E] men with eyes so red and haunted, eyes that burn from the corners of the room,
[A] wait and watch with [E] desperate hunger, [D] weighing every chance, [B] every move.
There [A] are no roads, there [E] are no borders, [A] no [E] outposts of heaven or hell.
[A] There's no god left here, but [E] better country [A] and a devil's dance in [B] canyons far below, [C#m] in these desert winds.
[A] I have fallen off the edge [E] of the world, [A] and no one here will ever [E] speak my name.
[A] I have fallen off the edge [E] of the world, [A] and the air is like a furnace.
[E] The blood runs through my fingers and mingles with the dust blown by the desert winds.
[A]
[E]
In an unforgiving canyon, where the hills broke against blazing sky, [A] the gold at [E] last had found me.
[D] The nuggets burned like embers [B] in my hand, [E] and when gold buys the whiskey, it leaves a scent upon the breeze.
[A] And like hounds, they tracked [E] and found me, [D] their rifle shot with my [B] dreams away.
They [A] know that dead men [E] tell no stories, [A] and as devils dance [E] in their canyons far below,
[A] and my blood [E] streaks the rocks [B] I [D] stumble on, I hear them [B] close behind, [C#m] in these desert winds.
[A] I have fallen off the edge [E] of the world, [A] and no one here will ever [E] speak my name.
[A] I have fallen off the edge [E] of the world, [A] and the air is like a furnace.
The blood runs through my fingers [D] and mingles with the dust blown [E] by the desert winds.
[B] [E] If I [A] were smoke from [E] a lantern, if I [A] could rise [E] weightless in the air,
I [A] would climb the far [E] blue mountains, [D] and like my dreams be carried [B] far away on [C#m] these desert winds.
[A] I have fallen off the edge of [E] the world, [A] and no one here will ever speak [E] my name.
I [A] have fallen off the edge of [E] the world, [A] and the air is like a furnace.
The blood runs through my fingers and mingles with the dust blown by [E] the desert winds.
[A] [E]
[N]
Key:
E
A
B
D
C#m
E
A
B
[B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ I said goodbye _ to my mother, to my father, and all the other friends I knew.
I [A] headed west to seek [E] my fortune _ and [B] chase the foolish dream that has no end.
And [E] I climbed the far blue mountains, _ _ higher _ than any tree could grow.
Oh, I [A] never found the [E] gold or silver.
_ [B]
All I [D] did was stumble down the [B] other side.
To [A] a land so [E] burnt and twisted, _ [A] to a country _ [E] as barren as the moon,
I [A] hoped to find the [E] Eldorado. _
[D] All I found were these hollow [B] winds that blow. _
[C#] These [C#m] desert winds _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ in a _ saloon on the Mojave, _ with a _ nail of coyote pelt above the door.
[A] My tumble, [E] broken dreams [B] found me underneath the greasy lantern's glow.
Where [E] men with eyes so red and haunted, _ eyes that burn from the corners of the room,
[A] wait and watch with [E] desperate hunger, _ _ [D] weighing every chance, [B] every move.
There [A] are no roads, there [E] are no borders, [A] no _ _ [E] outposts of heaven or hell.
[A] There's no god left here, but [E] better country _ [A] and a devil's dance in [B] canyons far below, _ [C#m] in these desert winds.
_ _ _ [A] I have fallen off the edge [E] of the world, _ [A] and no one here will ever [E] speak my name.
_ [A] I have fallen off the edge [E] of the world, [A] and the air is like a furnace.
[E] The blood runs through my fingers and mingles with the dust blown by the desert winds.
[A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
In an _ unforgiving canyon, _ where the hills broke _ against blazing sky, [A] the gold at [E] last had found me. _
[D] The nuggets burned like embers [B] in my hand, [E] and when _ gold buys the whiskey, _ it leaves _ a scent upon the breeze.
[A] And like hounds, they tracked [E] and found me, [D] their rifle shot with my [B] dreams away.
They [A] know that dead men [E] tell no stories, [A] and as devils dance [E] in their canyons far below,
[A] and my blood _ [E] streaks the rocks _ [B] I [D] stumble on, I hear them [B] close behind, _ [C#m] in these desert winds. _ _ _ _
[A] I have fallen off the edge [E] of the world, _ [A] and no one here will ever [E] speak my name. _
[A] I have fallen off the edge [E] of the world, _ [A] and the air is like a furnace.
The blood runs through my fingers [D] and mingles with the dust blown [E] by the desert winds.
[B] _ _ [E] If I [A] were smoke from [E] a lantern, if I [A] could _ rise [E] weightless in the air,
I [A] would climb the far [E] blue mountains, _ [D] and like my dreams be carried [B] far away on [C#m] these desert winds. _
_ _ [A] I have fallen off the edge of [E] the world, _ [A] and no one here will ever speak [E] my name.
I [A] have fallen off the edge of [E] the world, _ [A] and the air is like a furnace.
The blood runs through my fingers and mingles with the dust blown by [E] the desert winds.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ I said goodbye _ to my mother, to my father, and all the other friends I knew.
I [A] headed west to seek [E] my fortune _ and [B] chase the foolish dream that has no end.
And [E] I climbed the far blue mountains, _ _ higher _ than any tree could grow.
Oh, I [A] never found the [E] gold or silver.
_ [B]
All I [D] did was stumble down the [B] other side.
To [A] a land so [E] burnt and twisted, _ [A] to a country _ [E] as barren as the moon,
I [A] hoped to find the [E] Eldorado. _
[D] All I found were these hollow [B] winds that blow. _
[C#] These [C#m] desert winds _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ in a _ saloon on the Mojave, _ with a _ nail of coyote pelt above the door.
[A] My tumble, [E] broken dreams [B] found me underneath the greasy lantern's glow.
Where [E] men with eyes so red and haunted, _ eyes that burn from the corners of the room,
[A] wait and watch with [E] desperate hunger, _ _ [D] weighing every chance, [B] every move.
There [A] are no roads, there [E] are no borders, [A] no _ _ [E] outposts of heaven or hell.
[A] There's no god left here, but [E] better country _ [A] and a devil's dance in [B] canyons far below, _ [C#m] in these desert winds.
_ _ _ [A] I have fallen off the edge [E] of the world, _ [A] and no one here will ever [E] speak my name.
_ [A] I have fallen off the edge [E] of the world, [A] and the air is like a furnace.
[E] The blood runs through my fingers and mingles with the dust blown by the desert winds.
[A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
In an _ unforgiving canyon, _ where the hills broke _ against blazing sky, [A] the gold at [E] last had found me. _
[D] The nuggets burned like embers [B] in my hand, [E] and when _ gold buys the whiskey, _ it leaves _ a scent upon the breeze.
[A] And like hounds, they tracked [E] and found me, [D] their rifle shot with my [B] dreams away.
They [A] know that dead men [E] tell no stories, [A] and as devils dance [E] in their canyons far below,
[A] and my blood _ [E] streaks the rocks _ [B] I [D] stumble on, I hear them [B] close behind, _ [C#m] in these desert winds. _ _ _ _
[A] I have fallen off the edge [E] of the world, _ [A] and no one here will ever [E] speak my name. _
[A] I have fallen off the edge [E] of the world, _ [A] and the air is like a furnace.
The blood runs through my fingers [D] and mingles with the dust blown [E] by the desert winds.
[B] _ _ [E] If I [A] were smoke from [E] a lantern, if I [A] could _ rise [E] weightless in the air,
I [A] would climb the far [E] blue mountains, _ [D] and like my dreams be carried [B] far away on [C#m] these desert winds. _
_ _ [A] I have fallen off the edge of [E] the world, _ [A] and no one here will ever speak [E] my name.
I [A] have fallen off the edge of [E] the world, _ [A] and the air is like a furnace.
The blood runs through my fingers and mingles with the dust blown by [E] the desert winds.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _