Johnny Cash - Lost On The Desert guitar tab
Lost On The Desert
Johnny Cash
The Sound Of Johnny Cash
Key: C/ Capo: 1
CHORUS:
F C
A burnin' hot sun a cryin' for water.
F G
Black wings circle the sky.
C F C G
Stumblin' and fallin' somebody's callin'.
F G C
You're lost on the desert to die.
VERSE 1:
C F
I had to give up and they took me to jail,
C G
But I hid all the money I got.
F C
Way out on the desert where no one could get it,
G C
And I left a mark at the spot.
F C
Then I got away and ran for the desert.
F G
The devil had taken control.
C F C G
I needed water but he said I'd make it,
F G C
Near the money is a big waterhole.
CHORUS:
F C
A burnin' hot sun a cryin' for water.
F G
Black wings circle the sky.
C F C G
Stumblin' and fallin' somebody's callin'.
F G C
You're lost on the desert to die.
GUITAR SOLO
C F | C G | F G C
|-8/9---9-------|-8/9---------|----------8-8-8-9--------|
|-8/9---11--11--|-8/9---------|-11--11-11------9--------|
|---------------|------10-----|-------------------10----|
|---------------|---------11--|----------------------11-|
|---------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------------------|
VERSE 2:
C F
Just up ahead is where I left my mark,
C G
Or it may be to the left or the right.
F C
I've been runnin' all day and they'll catch up tomorrow.
G C
I've got to find it tonight.
F C
Then up jumped the devil and ran away laughin'.
F G
He drank all the waterholes dry.
C F C G
He moved my mark till I'm running in circles.
F F G
I'm lost on the desert to die.
CHORUS:
F C
A burnin' hot sun a cryin' for water.
F G
Black wings circle the sky.
C F C G
Stumblin' and fallin' somebody's callin'.
F G C
You're lost on the desert to die.
OUTRO: FADE OUT
F G C
You're lost on the desert to die.
F G C
You're lost on the desert to die.
F G C
You're lost on the desert to die.
F G C
You're lost on the desert to die.
