The Handsome Family – Far From Any Road

Intro: Am (x4)


Am              E
From the dusty mesa
    Dm              Am
Her looming shadow grows
Am             E              Dm         Am        Am
Hidden in the branches of the poison creosote
      C
She twines her spines up slowly
  G
Towards the boiling sun
      Dm
And when I touched her skin
    F
My fingers ran with blood

Am              E             Dm            Am
In the hushing dusk under a swollen silver moon
Am              E                Dm                Am         Am
I came walking with the wind to watch the cactus bloom
      C                          G
And strange hands halted me, the looming shadows danced
  Dm                                F
I fell down to the thorny brush and felt the trembling hands


Bridge: Am (x4)


  Am                 E
When the last light warms the rocks
        Dm             Am
And the rattlesnakes unfold
Am                 E        Dm            Am
Mountain cats will come to drag away your bones


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


Outro: Am (x4)