Am             E
From the dusty mesa
    Dm             Am
Her looming shadow grows
Am            E
Hidden in the branches
       Dm         Am 
Of the poison creosote


[Verse 2]
      C          
She twines her spines up slowly
   G     
Towards the boiling sun
      Dm
And when I touched her skin
    F                 Am      
My fingers ran with blood


[Verse 3]
               E
In the hushing dusk
        Dm             Am
Under a swollen silver moon
Am             E
I came walking with the wind
   Dm               Am 
To watch the cactus bloom


[Verse 4]
    C      
And strange hunger haunted me
    G     
The looming shadows danced
  Dm     
I fell down to the thorny brush
    F                Am 
And felt a trembling hand


[Verse 5]
                    E
When the last light warms the rocks
        Dm             Am
And the rattlesnakes unfold
Am                 E
Mountain cats will come
   Dm             Am
To drag away your bones


[Verse 6]

    C 
And rise with me forever
 G
Across the silent sand
        Dm
And the stars will be your eyes
        F               Am
And the wind will be my hands