VERSE Dm C Gm From the dusty mesa the looming shadow grows Dm C Gm Hidden in the poison creosote Dm C Gm In the hushing dusk under a swollen silver moon Dm C Gm I came walking with the wind to watch the cactus bloomVIOLIN SOLO C F E Am Dm C Gm Dm C Bb Dm C Gm Dm C Bb VERSE Dm C Gm Strange hunger haunted me, the looming shadows danced Dm C Gm Fell down to the thorny brush and felt a trembling hand Dm C Gm And when the last light warms the rocks and the rattle snakes unfold Dm C Gm Cats will come to drag away your bonesF She twines her spines up slowly C To ward the boiling sun Gm And when I touched her skin Bb My fingers ran with blood F Oh rise with me forever C Across the silent sand Gm And the stars will be your eyes Bb And the wind Will be my hand Dm Will by my handVIOLIN OUTRO C F E Am Dm C Gm Dm C Bb Dm C Gm Dm C Bb Dm C Gm Dm C Bb Dm C Gm Dm C Bb Dm C Gm Dm C BbF She twines her spines up slowly C To ward the boiling sun Gm And when I touched her skin Bb My fingers ran with blood F Oh rise with me forever C Across the silent sand Gm And the stars will be your eyes Bb And the wind Will be my hand Dm Will by my hand