Chords with lyrics
Intro:
E MajorE E MajorE E minorEm E MajorE A minorAm
E MajorE E MajorE E minorEm E MajorE A minorAm
E MajorE E MajorE E minorEm E MajorE A minorAm
E MajorE E MajorE E minorEm E MajorE A minorAm
E MajorE E MajorE E minorEm E MajorE A minorAm
Ohhhhhhh Ohh
E MajorE E MajorE E minorEm E MajorE A minorAm
Ohhhhhhh
E MajorE E MajorE E minorEm E MajorE A minorAm
Ohhhhhhh Ohh
E MajorE E MajorE E minorEm E MajorE A minorAm
Ohhhhhhh
Verse 1:
E MajorE A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
Yellow lines in the dead of the night, I was heading back out west.
E MajorE A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
Trying to keep my eyes open wide, I'd gone days without any rest.
E MajorE A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
Saw him lying in the road looking bad about 20 yards ahead.
E MajorE A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
You come back from a trip to the east but you don't come back from the dead.
Solo:
E MajorE E MajorE E minorEm E MajorE A minorAm
E MajorE E MajorE E minorEm E MajorE A minorAm
E MajorE E MajorE E minorEm E MajorE A minorAm
E MajorE E MajorE E minorEm E MajorE A minorAm
Verse 2:
E MajorE A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
Sure as hell he was dead as they come and he was already starting to smell.
E MajorE A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
Just a kid with his hair slicked back and a knife tucked into his belt.
E MajorE A minorAm E MajorE A minorAm
Was he unforgiven or just tired of living a life that never felt like his?
E MajorE A minorAm
Though I was was worn and weary, I thought I'd bury him
E MajorE A minorAm E MajorE
and lay his soul to rest out in the desert night.
Solo:
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
Chorus:
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
I laid him down in a grave in the sand
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
and he grabbed my arm with his dead man's hand.
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
He said: "I know I'm dead but I don't wanna lie
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
in a grave out here where the coyote's cry.
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
I stared right into the endless void
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
and I ain't going back if I got any choice.
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
I know how to live, I don't know how to die
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
and there ain't no thrills in the afterlife.
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
So lift me up out of here my friend
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
and I'll wander the night 'til the ages end."
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
Lit by the moon he walked through the sand
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
and he waved goodbye with his dead man's hand.
Solo:
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
E MajorE E MajorE E minorEm E MajorE A minorAm
E MajorE E MajorE E minorEm E MajorE A minorAm
E MajorE E MajorE E minorEm E MajorE A minorAm
E MajorE E MajorE E minorEm E MajorE A minorAm
Outro:
E MajorE A minorAm E MajorE E minorEm E MajorE A minorAm
He will roam forever, haunting the desert.
E MajorE A minorAm E MajorE E minorEm E MajorE A minorAm E MajorE
He will roam forever, haunting the desert.