Everett Ruess Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I was born Eve[Am]rett
Ruess
I've been dead for sixty [G]years
I was just a young boy in my [Am]twenties
The day I disappeared
[G]

[Verse 2]
Into [C]the Grand Escalante Bad[Am]lands
Near the [G]Utah and Arizona
[Em]line[Am]
And they never found [D]my body, [C]boys
Or [G]understood my mind

[Verse 3]
[G]
I grew up in Californi[Am]a
And I loved my family and my [G]home
But I ran away to the High [Am]Sierra
Where I could live free and alone
[G]

[Verse 4]
[C]And folks said,
?he's just an[G]other [Am]wild [G]kid
He?ll grow out of it in [Em]time?[Am]
But they never found [D]my body, [C]boys
Or [G]understood my mind

[Verse 5]
[G]
I broke broncos with the cow[Am]boys
I sang healing songs
with the [G]Navajo
I did the snake dance with the Hop[Am]i
And I drew pictures everywhere [G]I go
[C]Then I swapped

[Verse 6]
all my draw
[G]ings for provision[Am]s
[G]To get what I needed
[Em]to get [Am]by
And they never found [D]my body, [C]boys
Or [G]un [Am]derstood [G]my mind
[Em]

[Interlude 1]
[Am][D][C][G]

[Verse 7]
Well I hate your crowded cit[Am]ies
With the sad and [G]hopeless mobs
And I hate your grand [Am]cathedrals
Where you try to trap God
[G]

[Verse 8]
[C]?Cause I know God [G]is here
in the canyon[Am]s
With the [G]rattlesnakes and the pinon
[Em]pines[Am]
And they never found [D]my body, [C]boys
Or [G]under[Am]stood [G]my mind

[Verse 9]
[G]
They say I was killed by a [Am]drifter
Or I froze to death in [G]the snow
Maybe mauled [D]by [Am]a wildcat
Or I'm livin? down in Mexico
[G]

[Verse 10]
But my [C]end,
[G]it doesn't really [Am]matter
All that [G]counts is how you live
[Em]your [Am]life
And they never found [D]my body, [C]boys
Or [G]understood my mind

[Verse 11]
But you give [C]your dreams
away as you [Am]get older
[G]And oh but I never gave up[Em]
[Am]mine
And they'll never find [D]my body,
[C]boys
Or un[G]derstand my mind