The Desert Babbler

artist : iron & wine
song : the desert babbler
album : ghost on ghost
tabbed by : recebedou
email : recebedou@yahoo . com

standard tuning : capo ii

chords used :

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Am : 002210
Bm : 224432
C : 032010
D : 000232
Em : 022000
G : 320033

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intro : [ G – C – Am – D ] x2

verse 1 chords :
G C Am
it’s new year’s eve
D
and california’s gonna kill you soon
G C Am
the barstow boys
D
buckeyes in the shadow of the moon

verse 2 chords :
G C Am
black houses in the hill and roadside hearts
D
dying for a place to fall apart
G C Am
who knew what you could learn to live without
D
mother mary’s lying in your mouth

chorus 1 chords :
Bm Em Am
back home the kitchen’s warm with christmas wine
D
and every girl has got an axe to grind
Bm Em
you left to look for heaven
Am D
but you’re far from that hard light tonight

interlude : [ G – C – Am – D ] x2

verse 3 : [ use verse 1 chords ]
so quietly we’ve lost another year
the desert put a babbler in your ear
mean firewood and i miss you again
barstow boys are spit into the wind

chorus 2 : [ use chorus 1 chords ]
back home the hammer always has to fall
crosses barely hanging on the wall
someday i know you’ll never leave me
but we’re far from that hard light tonight