Key: B minor
Intro 1
Em
D/F#
D6/9
Em
D/F#
D6/9
Verse 1
Em
D/F#
D6/9
On the first part of the journey
Em
D/F#
D6/9
I was looking at all the life
Em
There were plants and birds
D/F#
D6/9
and rocks and things
Em
D/F#
D6/9
There was sand and hills and rings
Verse 2
Em9
F#m11
D6/9
The first thing I met/ was a fly with a buzz
Em9
F#m11
Bm11
And the sky with no clouds
Em9
F#m11
D6/9
The heat was hot/ and the ground was dry
Em9
F#m11
Bm11
But the air was full of sound
Chorus 1
Em9
I've been through the desert on a
F#m11
D6/9
horse with no name
Em9
F#m11
Bm11
It felt good to be out of the rain
Em9
In the desert
F#m11
D6/9
you can re member your name
Em9
'Cause there ain't no one for to
F#m11
Bm11
give you no pain
Interlude 1
Em9
F#m11
D6/9
La, la, la...
Em9
F#m11
Bm11
Em9
F#m11
D6/9
Em9
F#m11
Bm11
Verse 3
Em9
F#m11
D6/9
After two days in the desert sun
Em9
F#m11
Bm11
My skin began to turn red
Em9
And after three days
F#m11
D6/9
in the desert fun
Em9
F#m11
Bm11
I was looking at a river bed
Em9
And the story it told
F#m11
D6/9
of a river that flowed
Em9
Made me sad to think
F#m11
Bm11
it was dead
Chorus 2
Em9
You see I've been through the desert on a
F#m11
D6/9
horse with no name
Em9
F#m11
Bm11
It felt good to be out of the rain
Em9
In the desert
F#m11
D6/9
you can re member your name
Em9
'Cause there ain't no one for to
F#m11
Bm11
give you no pain
Interlude 2
Em9
F#m11
D6/9
La, la, la, la...
Em9
F#m11
Bm11
Em9
F#m11
D6/9
Em9
Aadd9
Solo 1
Em7
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F#m7
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Em9
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A
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1 2 3 4
Em7
E|-12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12---|
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
F#m7
E|-12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12---|
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Em9
E|-10--9---7---9---7---5---7---5---3---5---3---2----|
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A
After
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Verse 4
Em9
nine days I let the
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B|-0--------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
1 2 3 4
F#m11
D6/9
horse run free
Em9
'Cause the desert
F#m11
Bm11
had turned to sea
Em9
There were plants and birds and
F#m11
D6/9
rocks and things
Em9
There was sand
F#m11
Bm11
and hills and rings
Verse 5
Em9
The ocean is a desert
F#m11
D6/9
with it's life underground
Em9
F#m11
Bm11
And a perfect disguise above
Em9
Under the cities
F#m11
D6/9
lies a heart made of ground
Em9
But the humans
F#m11
Bm11
will give no love
Chorus 3
Em9
You see I've been through the desert on a
F#m11
D6/9
horse with no name
Em9
F#m11
Bm11
It felt good to be out of the rain
Em9
In the desert
F#m11
D6/9
you can re member your name
Em9
'Cause there ain't no one for to
F#m11
Bm11
give you no pain
Outro 1
Em9
F#m11
D6/9
La, la, la, la...
Em9
F#m11
Bm11
Em9
F#m11
D6/9
Em9
F#m11
Bm11
[Repeat and fade]
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