The Desert Babbler Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][Em][Am]
[D][G][Em][Am]
[D][G]

[Verse 1]
It's New [Em]Years Eve,
[Am]California's gonna[D] kill you soon[G]
[Em]The Barstow boys,
[Am]buckeyes in the shad[D]ow of the moon[G]
Black [Em]houses in the hills
and road [Am]side hearts
Dying for a [D]place to fall [G]apart

[Verse 2]
Who [Em]knew what you could
learn to live [Am]without?
Mother Mary's [D]laying
in your mouth [Bm]now
Back [Em]home the kitchen's warm
with Christ[Am]mas wine
And every girl has [D]got
an axe to [Bm]grind

[Verse 3]
You [Em]left a look for Heaven,
but you're [F]far
From [Am]the hard light tonight

[Interlude 1]
[D][G]
[Em][Am][D]
[G][Em][Am][D]
[G]

[Verse 4]
So [Em]quietly we're lost another [Am]year
The desert put a [D]babbler in your [G]ear
Mean [Em]fireweed and I miss
you [Am]again
Barstow boys are [D]spit into
[Am]the wind [Bm]now

[Verse 5]
Back [Em]home the hammer
always has [Am]to fall
Crosses barely [D]hanging
[Bm]on the wall
Someday I know [Em]you'll never leave me
But we're [F]far from [Am]the hard light [D]to n[Bm]ight

[Outro 1]
[D]
[Em][G][D]
[G][Em][G][Em][G][D]
[G][Em][D]
[Em][G][D]