Backbone The Desert Child chords by Kasey Chambers

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: D#

Verse 1:
           B             E        B
Well, they call me the desert child
               E        B
I was born out in the wild
                 E             B          E
Ain't never been lost to the Southern Cross
       B            E        B
With a heart that runs a mile
                   E         B
While the train it waits arrival
             E          B
I'd learn to read the Bible
                   E              B             E
I remembered every word just to sing like a bird
       B            F#         B
And to whistle on down the line

Chorus:
      B           E         B
Oh my backbone, take me back home
             G#m                F#
Wherever you are, tell 'em my star
               E
Will leave the light on
      B           E    B     F# /A#   G#m
Oh my backbone, harder than stone
         F#               E                  B      E   B
I'mma go east, I'mma go west, I'mma come home


Verse 2:
      B          E         B
Well, the only road to find her
                    E           B
From the tread underneath the tire
                  E            B         E
If the fox didn't howl, it'd save us now
         B          F#        B
From the bid from highest buyer
                E           B
And our hair it grew like fire
     E              B
Like Samson and Delilah
                      E               B          E
But the rust wouldn't hurt from the dust and dirt
        B         F#         B
That we used to barb the wire


Chorus:
      B           E         B
Oh my backbone, take me back home
             G#m                F#
Wherever you are, tell 'em my star
               E
Will leave the light on
      B           E    B     F# /A#   G#m
Oh my backbone, harder than stone
         F#               E                  B
I'mma go east, I'mma go west, I'mma come home


Pedal Steel Solo:
G#m   F#   E      B


Verse 3:
   B            E            B
At night, the words were spoken
B
Will the circle be unbroken?
                                          E
And the voice went higher from the family choir
        B         F#          B
And the moon it played in time
               E      B
And the boxcar disappeared
                     E     B
With a wave from the engineer
                  E              B             E
And I always came back for the coin on the track
          B           F#      B
'Cause it made me a millionaire


Chorus:
      B           E         B
Oh my backbone, take me back home
             G#m                F#
Wherever you are, tell 'em my star
               E
Will leave the light on
      B           E    B     F# /A#   G#m
Oh my backbone, harder than stone
         F#               E                  B
I'mma go east, I'mma go west, I'mma come home
         F#               E                  B
I'mma go east, I'mma go west, I'mma come home


Outro:
B                        N.E  .
Well, they call me the desert child
      B          E        B
I was born out in the wild
                 E             B
Ain't never been lost to the Southern Cross
                  F#       B
With a heart that runs a mile