Iron & Wine – The Desert Babbler (Guitar Live)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Intro] F Dm Gm C [Verse 1]
Dm              Gm
It's New Year's Eve

      C                          F
California's gonna kill you soon

Dm              Gm
The Barstow boys

   C                             F
Buckeyes in the shadow of the moon

Dm                                         Gm
Black houses in the hills and road side hearts

 C
Dying for a place to fall apart

 Dm                                         Gm
Who knew that you could learn to live without?

 C
Mother Mary's lyin' in your mouth now
[Chorus 1]
 Am    Dm                                     Gm
Back home the kitchen's warm with Christmas wine

 C                                       Am
And every girl has got an axe to grind
Dm Ebmaj6 You live to look for heaven, but you're far
 Gm                    C
From the hard light tonight
[Interlude] F Dm Gm C F Dm Gm C [Verse 2]
F           D                     Gm
So quietly we've lost another year

 C
The desert put a babbler in your ear

F             D                   Gm
Mean fireweed and I miss you again

C
Barstow boys are spittin to the wind, now
[Chorus 2]
 Am     Dm                            Gm
Back home the hammer always has to fall

   C                               Am
Crosses barely hanging on the wall
Dm Ebmaj6 Someday I know you'll never leave me
                Gm             C
But we're far from the hard light tonight
[Outro] Dm C Dm C