Desert Skies chords by The Marshall Tucker Band

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
     C majorC    E7E7
Well I'm ridin' along
FF          C majorC       E minorEm D#m7D#m7 Dm7Dm7
Singin' the same ol' cowboy song
Dm7Dm7               C majorC
That's been sung a hundred times before
C majorC            E7E7
Ain't got nothin' but my name
FF           C majorC
And I'm the only man I know to blame
    Dm7Dm7     G7G7      C majorC
But I'm livin', I'm happy and I'm free

Chorus:
          FF
Just listen to the wind blow
    E minor 7Em7         E minorEm D#m7D#m7 Dm7Dm7
Let it blow, let it blow
Dm7Dm7     C majorC
Sand over my trail
     FF
I got my saddle on the ground
     E minor 7Em7              E minorEm D#m7D#m7 Dm7Dm7
And that ol' moon, he can still be found
Dm7Dm7         G7G7
Hidin' in the desert sky

Verse 2:
       C majorC
I like simple things in life
    E7E7
Like a prairie breeze
 FF         C majorC        E minorEm D#m7D#m7 Dm7Dm7
A augmentedA good stout horse between my knees
Dm7Dm7             C majorC
Just bein' alone, just bein' me
C majorC
And when I die let me die
    E7E7
With a dream in my mind
 FF            C majorC
A augmentedA smile on my face and no trouble behind
    Dm7Dm7
And no cross on my grave
  G7G7       C majorC
To show my restin' place

Chorus:
            FF
So I can listen to the wind blow
    E minor 7Em7        E minorEm D#m7D#m7 Dm7Dm7
Let it blow, let it blow
Dm7Dm7     C majorC
Sand over my trail
     FF
I got my saddle on the ground
     E minor 7Em7            E minorEm  E minorEm D#m7D#m7 Dm7Dm7
And that ol' moon, he can still be found
Dm7Dm7         G7G7
Hidin' in the desert sky

Verse 3:
     FF
Won't you bury me with my chaps on
    E minor 7Em7          E minorEm
And my six-gun strapped to my side
             Dm7Dm7
So I can watch the moon a-hidin'
    E minorEm   C majorC
In the desert sky
Dm7Dm7      E minorEm   C majorC
Hidin' in the desert sky
Dm7Dm7      E minorEm   C majorC
Hidin' in the desert sky
Dm7Dm7      E minorEm   C majorC
Hidin' in the desert sky