The Painted Desert chords by 10000 Maniacs

Chords with lyrics

The Painted Desert (chords)
10,000 Maniacs

[ Jerome Augustyniak/Natalie Merchant ]

This is a beautiful song from their first big album, “In My Tribe” – it’s one of my
favorites from this album and from the band in general.  I was surprised to see that
this hasn’t been posted before.    The word “sure” in “when I’m sure” gets a higher G+G
chord (on the 3rd fret).  I think this is pretty close but if you have corrections please
let me know!

Chords:

C/G: 		332010
G: 		320033
G+G (3rd fret): 	355433
Em:		022000
D:		000232
Dm:		000231
F:		133211
Am:		003320

Intro: C/GC/G   G+G


Chorus:
C/GC/G				   G+G
The Painted Desert can wait till summer.
	C/GC/G
We've played this game of just imagine long enough.
	   G+G
Wait till summer?
	  G+G (3rd fret)		E minorEm		       D MajorD
When I'm sure the rains have ended, the blooms have gone,
E minorEm		        D MajorD
everyone killed by the morning frost.


Verse 1:
      C/GC/G		G+G       C/GC/G	        G+G
Is a cactus blooming there in every roadside stand
          C/GC/G		G+G      	    E minorEm       D MajorD
where the big deal is cowboy gear sewn in Japan?

(back to chorus)


Verse 2:
      C/GC/G		G+G     C/GC/G		G+G
Is a cactus blooming there upon the Northern rim
C/GC/G	    G+G		 E minorEm        D MajorD
or in the ruins of the Hopi mesa dens?

Bridge:
DmDm	   FF	             C majorC		        A minorAm
You met a new friend in the Canyon, or so you wrote.
C majorC	      A minorAm		   C majorC	         A minorAm
On a blanket in the cooling sand you and your friend agreed that
D MajorD		FF	     G+G
the stars were so many there they seemed to overlap.

(back to chorus)


Verse 3:
       C/GC/G               G+G          C/GC/G                G+G
Was a cactus blooming there as you watched the Native boy?
      C/GC/G         G+G            E minorEm           D MajorD
In a Flagstaff trailer court, you wrote the line:
C/GC/G           G+G	                   C majorC                G+G
"He kicked a tumbleweed and his mother called him home
           C/GC/G     G+G            E minorEm       D MajorD
where the Arizona moon met the Arizona sun."


            C/GC/G      G+G      C/GC/G           G+G
I wanted to be there by May at the latest time.
 C/GC/G            G+G              E minorEm                    D MajorD
Isn't that the plan we had or have you changed your mind?
   C/GC/G             G+G                   C/GC/G         G+G
I haven't read a word from you since Phoenix or Tucson.
C/GC/G       G+G             C majorC                D MajorD                 C/GC/G
April is over now, will you tell me how long before I can be there?


Submitted by: James Patrick Gorham  email: [email protected]