Am             E 
From the dusty mesa 
    Dm             Am 
Her looming shadow grows 
Am            E 
Hidden in the branches 
       Dm         Am  
Of the poison creosote 
 
  
      C           
She twines her spines up slowly 
   G      
Towards the boiling sun 
      Dm 
And when I touched her skin 
    F                 Am       
My fingers ran with blood 
 
  
               E 
In the hushing dusk 
        Dm             Am 
Under a swollen silver moon 
Am             E 
I came walking with the wind 
   Dm               Am  
To watch the cactus bloom 
 
  
    C       
And strange hunger haunted me 
    G      
The looming shadows danced 
  Dm      
I fell down to the thorny brush 
    F                Am  
And felt a trembling hand 
 
  
                    E 
When the last light warms the rocks 
        Dm             Am 
And the rattlesnakes unfold 
Am                 E 
Mountain cats will come 
   Dm             Am 
To drag away your bones 
 
  
    C  
And rise with me forever 
 G 
Across the silent sand 
        Dm 
And the stars will be your eyes 
        F               Am 
And the wind will be my hands