Artist: Iron & Wine Song: The Desert Babbler Album: Ghost on Ghost tabbed by: recebedou email: [email protected] Standard Tuning: CAPO II Chords used: EAFGBe Am:002210 Bm:224432 C: 032010 D: 000232 Em:022000 G: 320033 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro: [G - C - Am - D]x2 Verse 1 chords: G C Am It's New Year's Eve D and California's gonna kill you soon G C Am The Barstow boys D buckeyes in the shadow of the moon Verse 2 chords: G C Am Black houses in the hill and roadside hearts D Dying for a place to fall apart G C Am Who knew what you could learn to live without D Mother Mary's lying in your mouth Chorus 1 chords: Bm Em Am Back home the kitchen's warm with Christmas wine D and every girl has got an axe to grind Bm Em You left to look for heaven Am D But you're far from that hard light tonight Interlude: [G - C - Am - D]x2 Verse 3: [use verse 1 chords] So quietly we've lost another year the desert put a babbler in your ear mean firewood and I miss you again Barstow boys are spit into the wind Chorus 2: [use chorus 1 chords] Back home the hammer always has to fall crosses barely hanging on the wall Someday I know you'll never leave me But we're far from that hard light tonight
