INTRO e|----------------------------------------0-----------------------------------| B|-3--1---------3--x-----x-----x--x-x--3-----3--x--5--x-----x--x-x--3--5------| G|------3---3-5----x--2--x--3--x--x-x-----------x-----x--3--x--x-x------------| D|-3--2---------3--x--2--x--0--x--x-x--------0--x-----x-----x--x-x------------| A|-----------------x-----x-----x--x-x--1--0-----x--3--x-----x--x-x------------| E|------3---3-5------------------------------------------3----------3--5------| e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--3--x---5--x-5-3--x--x-x---------------------------------------------------| G|-----x-2----x------x--x-x---------------------------------------------------| D|--0--x------x------x--x-x---------------------------------------------------| A|-----x---3--x-3-1--x--x-x-1-0-----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| VERSE From the dusty mesa the looming shadow grows Hidden in the poison creosote In the hushing dusk under a swollen silver moon I came walking with the wind to watch the cactus bloom She twines her spines up slowly To ward the boiling sun And when I touched her skin My fingers ran with blood Oh rise with me forever Across the silent sand And the stars will be your eyes And the wind Will be my hand Will by my hand VIOLIN SOLO VERSE Strange hunger haunted me, the looming shadows danced Fell down to the thorny brush and felt a trembling hand And when the last light warms the rocks and the rattle snakes unfold Cats will come to drag away your bones She twines her spines up slowly To ward the boiling sun And when I touched her skin My fingers ran with blood Oh rise with me forever Across the silent sand And the stars will be your eyes And the wind Will be my hand Will by my hand VIOLIN OUTRO