Alkali Chords by Bill Staines

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_ _ Now collide, _ _ _ here's [Ebm] mud in your eye _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Gb] Lost in the desert for [Ab] 25 years or [Db] more
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_ [Db] Whiskey streams, _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] gold-filled dreams _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Gb] Lady luck [Ab] won't let you dark her door _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] And they tell me you're just [Fm] a ghost of a man [Gb] Yes, I believe [Db] it's true
_ [Bbm] And they tell me that you had [Fm] a woman once [Eb] But she turned her back [Ab] on you
And [Eb] you [Ebm] go mining, [Gb] hoebo dry [Ab] Well, desert [Db] ride, I'll collide
_ _ _ [Eb] Put the [Ebm] bacon on the fry _ _ _ _ [Gb]
Sun's coming up in [Ab] the mules waiting for [Db] his grain
_ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Db] One room shy _ _ _ by [Ebm] the Santa Fe track _ _ _ [Gb] A whole lake of virtues [Ab] screaming for a drop [Db] of rain
_ _ _ _ There's [Bbm] a time for work and there's [Fm] a time for play [Gb] There's a time [Ab] for lying [Db] down
_ And [Bbm] the road may lead to [Fm] a rainbow's end _ [Eb]
Dusty old desert [Ab] town
And you [Eb] go [Ebm] mining, [Gb] hoebo dry [Ab] Well, desert [Db] ride, I'll [Gb] collide
[Db] _ _ _ [Ebm] There's a buzzard in the sky _ _ _ _ [Gb]
Counting his chances [Ab] for pecking your skin and [Db] flint bones
You [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Db] raise your hand, _ _ _ you throw [Ebm] a curse on the land
_ _ Gonna [Gb] find you someday lying underneath an [Db] unmarked stone
_ _ _ _ And [Bbm] the desert is [Fm] a lonely place [Gb] for a man to lose his [Db] head
_ _ [Bbm] And they tell me when you start [Fm] to talking to yourself [Eb] _
May as well [Ab] be dead
And _ [Eb] you go [Ebm] mining, [Gb] hoebo dry [Ab] Well, desert [Db] ride, I'll collide
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I'll collide, _ _ _ [Fm] _
I'll collide
And [Gb] you go mining, [Ab] hoebo dry Well, desert [Db] ride, I'll collide _ _ _ _
[Bbm] I'll collide, _ _ _ [Fm] _
I'll collide _ _ _
[Gb] And you go mining, [Ab] hoebo dry Well, desert [Db] ride, I'll [Eb] collide
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