Desert High

Dm Dm9 Dm The desert dust fills your eyes The rattlesnake shake takes you by surprise Dm7 The coyotes sing in the calm of night Dm6 Dmb6 The cactus water goes down like fire Dm The City of Angels ain’t too far from here And when I need some sin, it’s always near The Caliente warms my bones And the Valley of Death is a skeleton’s home Dm9 The desert toad takes me for a ride Dmb6 The Lizard King’s always by my side Dm The hawk and eagle just want to fly But the horizon’s hot, and the air is dry The venom stings from the scorpion The owl watches where I’ve been My lips are cracked from the howlin’ wind I need to quench my thirst and heal my skin Dm9 The mountains like paintings The Joshua Tree Gram died in room eight and left it all to Keith Just a couple of miles from the salt and sea But a little closer to heaven for someone like me Dm C Dm Dm C Dm Dm C Dm Dm C Dm Dm C Dm Dm C Dm Dm