Crosses Of San Carlos chords by Tom Russell
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Intro 1
(G major)
Verse 1
Two Apache (G major) kids
in a stolen car
navigatin by a fallin star ...yeah (F major) (C major)
Where are they goin?
(G major)
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Verse 2
Towards Jerusalem Mountain
Red amphetamine sunrise
Mesquite
Saguarro
Great Mystical Agave
tell 'em (F major) please (C major)
Where are they goin?
(G major)
Verse 3
Past the little white crosses,
the Highway signs
Stay away from the double yellow lines
Jimmy (F major) (C major) Yelloweyes
take care where youre (G major) goin
Verse 4
Aint no (G major) alcohol allowed on
the Reservation
They're headed out in search
of strong libation (F major) (C major)
Hoyah!
They know where they're goin!
(G major) (Gsus4)
Verse 5
(G major)
Out (Dsus4) where the crosses (D major) of San Carlos
shine (C major) 'neath a desert moon
near the canyons (D major) where
Geronimo rode
and the (C major) ocatillo blooms
Yeah Yeah Yeah (G major) Yeah (F major) Hoyah
wheres it all (G major) going
Verse 6
Old (G major) Mexican Jaguar crossed
over last night
near the Agua Priatt
border town lights
Yeah Yeah Yeah (F major) (C major)
Wheres the old man goin?
(G major)
Verse 7
He's on the track of a deer
or a Javalina hog
and he aint afraid of your huntin dog
no no no no (F major) (C major)
He knows where he's (G major) goin
Verse 8
and he disdains (G major) your greed
your ignorance
your razorwire
your chain llnk fence
yeah yeah yeah (F major) (C major)
He knows where he's (G major) going
Verse 9
Out where the (D major) crosses of
San Carlos
they shine (C major) neath the desert moon
near the canyons (D major) where
Cochise laid it down
and the (C major) old agave bloom
Yeah Yeah Yeah (G major) Yeah Ha (F major)
Wheres it all (G major) goin
Hey (F major) (C major) eeee
Wheres it all (G major) goin
Verse 10
Yeah and (E minor) one night when
the moon (B minor) is down
we'll (C major) come back on you stronger (G major)
out (E minor) on these long purged (B minor) highways
we'll be (C major) crucified no longer (D major) (D minor)
(C major) we seen
Verse 11
(G major) it come
we'll watch it go
the beer is gone
the gasoline's low
said Jimmy (F major) (C major) Yelloweyes
"Hell, where are we goin?"
(G major)
Verse 12
(G major) Look up ahead in our high beam lights
some kind of leopard
comin at us through the night
ho, yeeah (F major) (C major)
where's the old one going?
(G major)
Verse 13
Maybe he's taking backing back
his ancient huntin grounds
blood on the streets of
the cowboy towns
Yeah Yeah (F major) Yeah (C major)
He knows where he's (G major) going
Verse 14
Then the scream (G major) of the tires
the curse and the swerve
the final war cry on the final curve
Yeah Yeah Yay (F major) (C major)
Where the Hell where they (G major) goin?
Verse 15
Out where (G major) the crosses (D major) of San Carlos
still shine (C major) 'neath a desert moon
near the canyons (D major) where
Geronimo rode
and the (C major) ocatillo blooms
Yeah Yeah (G major) Yeah Yeah (F major)
Hoyah
wheres it all (G major) going?
Verse 16
Hey (F major) (C major) eeee where is it goin? (G major)
Hey (F major) (C major) eeee Hoya!
Outro 1
Heyeee...
(G major) (F major) (C major)
(G major)
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