[Intro]

Am Am Am Am

Am Am

 

[Verse 1]

Am              E

From the dusty mesa

Dm                    Am

Her looming shadow grows

Am             E

Hidden in the branches

Dm              Am

of the poison creosote

 

Am

 

[Verse 2]

C

She twines her spines up slowly

G

Towards the boiling sun

Dm

And when I touched her skin

F

My fingers ran with blood

 

[Interlude]

Am Am Am Am Am Am

 

[Verse 3]

Am         E

In the hushing dusk

Dm            Am

Under a swollen silver moon

Am          E

I came walking with the wind

Dm               Am

To watch the cactus bloom

 

Am

 

[Verse 4]

C

And strange hands halted me,

G

The looming shadows danced

Dm

I fell down to the thorny brush

F

And felt the trembling hands

 

[Interlude]

Am Am Am Am Am Am

 

[Verse 5]

Am                  E

When the last light warms the rocks

Dm         Am

And the rattlesnakes unfold

Am              E

Mountain cats will come

Dm            Am

to drag away your bones

 

Am

 

[Verse 6]

C

And rise with me forever

G

Across the silent sand

Dm

And the stars will be your eyes

F

And the winds will be my hands

 

[Outro]

Am Am Am Am

Am Am Am Am

Am Am