on Desire (1976)
Uploaded by Blake Summers
Tempo: 160 (bpm)
Note: Can be played A - G - D - A with Capo on 1st Fret.
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| b VII | A |
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I married Isis on the fifth day of May
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But I could not hold on to her very long
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So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away
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For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong.
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I came to a high place of darkness and light
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The dividing line ran through the center of town
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I hitched up my pony to a post on the right
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Went in to a laundry to wash my clothes down.
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A man in the corner approached me for a match
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I knew right away he was not ordinary
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He said "Are you looking for something easy to catch ?"
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I said "I got no money". He said "That ain't necessary".
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Note: + Harmonica
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We set out that night for the cold in the North
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I gave him my blanket he gave me his word
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I said "Where are we going ?" He said "We'd be back by the fourth"
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I said "That's the best news that I've ever heard".
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Note: + Harmonica
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I was thinking about turquoise I was thinking about gold
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I was thinking about diamonds and the world's biggest necklace
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As we rode through the canyons through the devilish cold
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I was thinking about Isis how she thought I was so reckless.
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How she told me that one day we meet up again
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And things would be different the next time we wed
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If I only could hang on and just be her friend
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I still can't remember all the best things she said.
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Note: + Harmonica
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We came to the pyramids all embedded in ice
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He said "There's a body I'm trying to find
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If I carry it out it'll bring a good price"
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It was then that I knew what he had on his mind.
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The wind it was howling and the snow was outrageous
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We chopped through the night and we chopped through the dawn
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When he died I was hoping that it wasn't contagious
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But I made up my mind that I had to go on.
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Note: This one is different than the rest
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I broke into the tomb but the casket was empty
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There was no jewels no nothing I felt I'd been had
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When I saw that my partner was just being friendly
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When I took up his offer I must?a been mad.
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Note: + Harmonica
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I picked up his body and I dragged him inside
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Threw him down in the hole and I put back the cover
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I said a quick prayer and I felt satisfied
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Then I rode back to find Isis just to tell her I love her.
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She was there in the meadow where the creek used to rise
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Blinded by sleep and in need of a bed
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I came in from the East with the sun in my eyes
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I cursed her one time then I rode on ahead.
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Note: + Harmonica
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She said "Where ya been ?" I said "No place special ?"
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She said "You look different" I said "Well I guess"
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She said "You been gone" I said "That's only natural"
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She said "You gonna stay ?" I said "If you want me to, Yeah ".
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Note: + Harmonica
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Isis oh Isis you mystical child
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What drives me to you is what drives me insane
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I still can remember the way that you smiled
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On the fifth day of May in the drizzling rain.
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Note: + Harmonica
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