Iron & Wine - The Desert Babbler

      Standard Tuning
No capo

Chords
Amaj7 - x02120
F#m - 244222
Bm - x24432
E - 022100
C#m - x46654
G - 320003
Bmaj7 - x24342

Intro:
Amaj7-F#m-Bm-E x2

Verse 1:
Amaj7          F#m          
It's New Year's Eve 
Bm              E
and California's gonna kill you soon
Amaj7           F#m
The Barstow boys - 
Bm                  E
Bug eyes in the shadow of the moon

Amaj7                                  F#m
Black houses in the hills and roadside haunts, 
Bm                        E
dying for a place to fall apart
Amaj7                          F#m
Who knew what you could learn to live without, 
 Bm                          E
Mother Mary's lying in your mouth, now


     C#m                F#m                 Bm         
Back home the kitchen's warm with Christmas wine
                   Amaj7                     C#m
And every girl has got an axe to grind
    F#m               G
You left to look for heaven
           F#m            Bmaj7     E        
But you're far from the heart light tonight

Amaj7                      F#m
So quietly we lost another year - 
Bm                        E
the desert put a babbler in your ear
Amaj7                     F#m
He will find a way to not miss you again, 
Bm                             E
Barstow boys all spit into the wind

 C#m                F#m                 Bm      
Back home the hammer always has to fall, 
             Amaj7                     C#m
Cross is barely hanging on the wall
    F#m               G
Some day I know you'll never leave me 
     F#m            Bmaj7     E   
but we're far from the hard light tonight

Amaj7-F#m-Bmaj7-E