Alkali Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]Here's mud[Dm] in yer eye
You've been [F]lost in the desert
[G]25 years or [C]more[Dm][G]
Ah [C]yer whiskey streams And
yer [Dm]gold field dreams
Well [F]Lady Luck won't [G]let
you dark her [C]door
And [Am]they tell me your a [Em]ghost of a man [F]Lord,
I be[G]lieve it's [C]true
And [Am]they say you had a wo[Em]man once
But she [D]turned her back on [G]you

[Verse 2]
You old [D]gold minin' [Dm]hobo
[F]Dry well [G]desert rat [C]Alkali

[Verse 3]
Put the ba[Dm]con on to fry
Well, [F]the sun's comin' up and [G]the mule's
waitin' for his [C]grain[Dm][G]
Just [C]a one room shack By
[Dm]the Santa Fe track
It's an [F]old lick of earth
That's [G]screamin' for a drop of [C]rain
And there's [Am]a time for work
And a [Em]time for play
And a [F]time [G]for lyin' [C]down
[Am]And the road might lead to
the [Em]rainbow's end
[D]A dusty old desert [G]town

[Verse 4]
You old [Dm]gold minin' hobo
[F]Dry well [G]desert rat [C]Alkali

[Interlude 1]
[Dm][F][G][C][Dm][G]

[Verse 5]
[C]Alkali, there's [Dm]a buzzard in the sky
And he's a-countin' [F]his his chances on
a-pickin' [G]your your skinflint [C]bones[Dm]
[G]Ah, rai[C]se your hand
Throw [Dm]a curse on the land
They're gonna [F]find you one day
Ly[G]in' 'neath an unmarked [C]stone
Well the [Am]desert is a [Em]lonely place
For a [F]man to [G]lose his [C]head
[Am]They tell me when you start
to talk[Em]in' to yourself
[D]Lord, you might as well be [G]dead

[Verse 6]
You old [Dm]gold minin' hobo
[F]Dry well [G]desert rat [C]Alkali

[Verse 7]
[Am]Al kali Al[Em] kali
You old [F]gold minin' hobo
[G]Dry well desert rat [C]Alkali[Am]

[Verse 8]
Alkali [Em]Alkali
You old [F]gold minin' hobo
[G]Dry well desert rat [C]Alkali