Alkali

Intro: (C)//// //// (Dm)//// //// (F)//// (G)// (G7)// (C)//// (Dm)// (G)// (C) Alkali, here's (Dm) mud in your eye (F) Lost in the desert (G) 25 years or (C) more //// (Dm)// (G)// (C) Whiskey streams - and your (Dm) goldfield dreams (F) Lady Luck won't (G) let you dark her (C) door Yeah they (Am) tell me you are a (Em) ghost of a man (F) And I be-(G)-lieve it's (C) true They (Am) say you had a (Em) woman once But she (D) turned her (D7) back on (G) you You old (Dm) gold-minin' hobo, (F) dry-well (G) desert rat, (C) Alkali Put the (Dm) bacon on to fry The (F) sun's comin' up and the (G) mule's wait'n for his (C) grain //// (Dm)// (G)// Just a (C) one room shack out by the (Dm) Santa Fe tracks Its an (F) ole lick of Earth and its (G) screamin' for a drop of (C) rain And there's a (Am) time for work and a (Em) time for play And a (F) time for (G) lyin' (C) down And the (Am) road might lead to the (Em) rainbows end A (D) dusty old (D7) desert (G) town You old (Dm) gold-minin' hobo, (F) dry-well (G) desert rat, (C) Alkali //// //// (/((((G)/// (C) Alkali, there's a (Dm) buzzard in the sky Hes a-(F)-countin' his chances on (G) pickin' your skinflint (C) bones //// (Dm)// (G)// So (C) raise your hand and throw a (Dm) curse on the land They gonna (F) find you one day (G) lyin' 'neath an unmarked (C) stone And the (Am) desert is a (Em) lonely place For a (F) man to (G) lose his (C) head They (Am) tell me when you start to (Em) talkin' to yourself Ya (D) might as (D7) well be (G) dead You old (Dm) gold-minin' hobo, (F) dry-well (G) desert rat, (C) Alkali (2x) (Am) Alkali, (Em) Alkali You old (F) gold-minin' hobo, (G) dry-well (G7) desert rat, (C) Alkali