Chords for Child Of The Desert
Tempo:
120.5 bpm
Chords used:
Em
B
G
Am
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B] [Em]
My [G] father stood about [Am] six foot [Em] four, his hands were square and [B] brown.
He got in a fight in a [Am] bar one [Bm] night and [C] the police [B] shot [Bm] him down.
My mom [G] was gone [Am] in hollow [Em] white, as tough as you ever [B] saw.
She raised her [G] crop of [Am] scrawny [Em] kids [C] forty [B] miles from [Em] the law.
I am [D] a [A] child [Em] of the desert, I am [D] a son of wind [B] and sand.
I am [D] a child [Em] of the desert, [C] living in a [B] hungry land, living in a [Em] hungry land.
It takes a [Am] hundred acres [Em] here to feed [G] one [B] hungry steer.
[G] They live on rocks [Am] and creosote bush [C] as wild as [Em] any deer.
And the wind, [G] it howls like [Am] a gut shot [Bm] wolf with [G]
mournful things [B] to tell.
[Em] My water comes [Am] from the sulfur spring, [C] my horses [Em] come from hell.
I [A] am a child [Bm] of the desert, I [D] am a son of [B] wind and sand.
I [A] am a child of the [Bm] desert, [C] living in a [B] hungry land, living in [Em] a hungry land.
[G] [Am] [Em]
[G] [B] [Em]
[G] [A] [C]
[Em]
[G] [A]
[B] [Em]
[G] [Am] [G]
[Em]
Head bones out on [Am] the desert [Em] floor, head [G] bones on the [B] mountain side.
[G] In buzzards [Am] circle overhead, [C] they watch me as [Em] I ride.
There's trains [G] down in Mojave [Em] town, there's [G] airplanes in [B] the sky.
And they'll [G] take me off of [Am] this desert [Em] land [C] after [B] they watch me [Em] die.
I am [D] a child of the desert, I am [D] a son of wind [B] and sand.
I am [D] a child of [Em] the desert, [C] living in a [B] hungry land, living in a [Em] hungry land.
I am [A] a child [Em] of the desert, I am [D] a son of wind [B] and sand.
I am [D] a child [Em] of the desert, [C] living in a [B] hungry land, living in a [Em] hungry land.
[C] [B] [Em]
My [G] father stood about [Am] six foot [Em] four, his hands were square and [B] brown.
He got in a fight in a [Am] bar one [Bm] night and [C] the police [B] shot [Bm] him down.
My mom [G] was gone [Am] in hollow [Em] white, as tough as you ever [B] saw.
She raised her [G] crop of [Am] scrawny [Em] kids [C] forty [B] miles from [Em] the law.
I am [D] a [A] child [Em] of the desert, I am [D] a son of wind [B] and sand.
I am [D] a child [Em] of the desert, [C] living in a [B] hungry land, living in a [Em] hungry land.
It takes a [Am] hundred acres [Em] here to feed [G] one [B] hungry steer.
[G] They live on rocks [Am] and creosote bush [C] as wild as [Em] any deer.
And the wind, [G] it howls like [Am] a gut shot [Bm] wolf with [G]
mournful things [B] to tell.
[Em] My water comes [Am] from the sulfur spring, [C] my horses [Em] come from hell.
I [A] am a child [Bm] of the desert, I [D] am a son of [B] wind and sand.
I [A] am a child of the [Bm] desert, [C] living in a [B] hungry land, living in [Em] a hungry land.
[G] [Am] [Em]
[G] [B] [Em]
[G] [A] [C]
[Em]
[G] [A]
[B] [Em]
[G] [Am] [G]
[Em]
Head bones out on [Am] the desert [Em] floor, head [G] bones on the [B] mountain side.
[G] In buzzards [Am] circle overhead, [C] they watch me as [Em] I ride.
There's trains [G] down in Mojave [Em] town, there's [G] airplanes in [B] the sky.
And they'll [G] take me off of [Am] this desert [Em] land [C] after [B] they watch me [Em] die.
I am [D] a child of the desert, I am [D] a son of wind [B] and sand.
I am [D] a child of [Em] the desert, [C] living in a [B] hungry land, living in a [Em] hungry land.
I am [A] a child [Em] of the desert, I am [D] a son of wind [B] and sand.
I am [D] a child [Em] of the desert, [C] living in a [B] hungry land, living in a [Em] hungry land.
[C] [B] [Em]
Key:
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_ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ My [G] father stood about [Am] six foot [Em] four, his hands were square and [B] brown.
_ He got in a fight in a [Am] bar one [Bm] night and [C] the police [B] shot [Bm] him down.
_ My mom [G] was gone [Am] in hollow [Em] white, as tough as you ever [B] saw.
She raised her [G] crop of [Am] scrawny [Em] kids [C] forty [B] miles from [Em] the law.
I am [D] a [A] child _ [Em] of the desert, I am [D] a son of wind [B] and sand.
I am [D] a child [Em] of the desert, _ _ [C] living in a [B] hungry land, living in a [Em] hungry land.
_ _ _ _ _ It takes a [Am] hundred acres [Em] here to feed [G] one [B] hungry steer.
_ [G] They live on rocks [Am] and creosote bush [C] as wild as [Em] any deer.
_ And the wind, [G] it howls like [Am] a gut shot [Bm] wolf with [G]
mournful things [B] to tell.
_ [Em] My water comes [Am] from the sulfur spring, [C] my horses _ [Em] come from hell.
I [A] am a child [Bm] of the desert, I [D] am a son of [B] wind and sand.
I [A] am a _ child of the [Bm] desert, _ [C] living in a [B] hungry land, living in [Em] a hungry land.
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Head bones out on [Am] the desert [Em] floor, head [G] bones on the [B] mountain side.
[G] In buzzards [Am] circle _ overhead, [C] they watch me as [Em] I ride.
_ There's trains [G] down in Mojave [Em] town, there's [G] airplanes in [B] the sky.
And they'll [G] take me off of [Am] this desert [Em] land [C] after [B] they watch me [Em] die.
I am [D] a child of the desert, I am [D] a son of wind [B] and sand.
I am [D] a child of [Em] the desert, _ _ [C] living in a [B] hungry land, living in a [Em] hungry land.
I am [A] a child _ [Em] of the desert, I am [D] a son of wind [B] and sand.
I am [D] a child [Em] of the desert, _ _ [C] living in a [B] hungry land, living in a [Em] hungry land.
_ _ [C] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ My [G] father stood about [Am] six foot [Em] four, his hands were square and [B] brown.
_ He got in a fight in a [Am] bar one [Bm] night and [C] the police [B] shot [Bm] him down.
_ My mom [G] was gone [Am] in hollow [Em] white, as tough as you ever [B] saw.
She raised her [G] crop of [Am] scrawny [Em] kids [C] forty [B] miles from [Em] the law.
I am [D] a [A] child _ [Em] of the desert, I am [D] a son of wind [B] and sand.
I am [D] a child [Em] of the desert, _ _ [C] living in a [B] hungry land, living in a [Em] hungry land.
_ _ _ _ _ It takes a [Am] hundred acres [Em] here to feed [G] one [B] hungry steer.
_ [G] They live on rocks [Am] and creosote bush [C] as wild as [Em] any deer.
_ And the wind, [G] it howls like [Am] a gut shot [Bm] wolf with [G]
mournful things [B] to tell.
_ [Em] My water comes [Am] from the sulfur spring, [C] my horses _ [Em] come from hell.
I [A] am a child [Bm] of the desert, I [D] am a son of [B] wind and sand.
I [A] am a _ child of the [Bm] desert, _ [C] living in a [B] hungry land, living in [Em] a hungry land.
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Head bones out on [Am] the desert [Em] floor, head [G] bones on the [B] mountain side.
[G] In buzzards [Am] circle _ overhead, [C] they watch me as [Em] I ride.
_ There's trains [G] down in Mojave [Em] town, there's [G] airplanes in [B] the sky.
And they'll [G] take me off of [Am] this desert [Em] land [C] after [B] they watch me [Em] die.
I am [D] a child of the desert, I am [D] a son of wind [B] and sand.
I am [D] a child of [Em] the desert, _ _ [C] living in a [B] hungry land, living in a [Em] hungry land.
I am [A] a child _ [Em] of the desert, I am [D] a son of wind [B] and sand.
I am [D] a child [Em] of the desert, _ _ [C] living in a [B] hungry land, living in a [Em] hungry land.
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