INTRO] N.C. VERSE 1 C F C G C C7 I dreamed that I was flying above the glittering world, F C G C but I woke up in the bar ditch, car ready to explode F C F C Hanging upside down in the front seat of my truck F C G C C7 The scream of grinding metal, 40 cars piling up CHORUS F C E Am G Nothing rusts in the desert. The air is full of ghosts F C G C C7 Cliffs painted with the old gods, rabbit brush full of bones F C G Am G Oh, Coronado, king of dust, the desert never cared what you saw F Fm C when you stared into the sun INTERLUDE C VERSE 2 C F C G C C7 Ancient oceans have been lost beneath this shifting clay F C G C where conquistadors in silver hunted Cibola across the plains, F C F C but there are no golden cities, only trailer parks and dust, F C G C C7 and angels only fly here when you drive into the sun CHORUS F C E Am G Nothing rusts in the desert. The air is full of ghosts F C G C C7 Cliffs painted with the old gods, rabbit brush full of bones F C G Am G Oh, Coronado, king of dust, the desert never cared what you saw F Fm C when you stared into the sun OUTRO C