Tone: [Am]
Intro:
[E] [E] [Em] [E] [Am] [E] [E] [Em] [E] [Am]
[E] [E] [Em] [E] [Am] [E] [E] [Em] [E] [Am]
[E]Oh[E]hh[Em]hhh[E]h [Am]Ohh
[E]Oh[E]hh[Em]hhh[E]h [Am]
[E]Oh[E]hh[Em]hhh[E]h [Am]Ohh
[E]Oh[E]hh[Em]hhh[E]h [Am]
Verse 1:
[E]Yellow lines in the dead of the nigh[Am]night, I was [E]heading back out west.[Am]west.
[E]Trying to keep my eyes open wide, I'[Am]I'd gone [E]days without any rest. [Am]
[E]Saw him lying in the road looking b[Am]bad about [E]20 yards ahead. [Am]
[E]You come back from a trip to the eas[Am]east
but you [E]don't come back from the dead. [Am]
Solo -x4-:
[E] [E] [Em] [E] [Am]
Verse 2:
[E]Sure as hell he was dead as they co[Am]come and
he was [E]already starting to smell. [Am]
[E]Just a kid with his hair slicked bac[Am]back and a kn[E]knife tucked into his belt. [Am]
[E]Was he unforgiven or just tired of l[Am]l
iving a li[E]life that never felt like his? [Am]
[E]Though I was was worn and weary, I thought I'd [Am]bury him
[E]and lay his soul to rest out in the [Am]desert nig[E]night.
Solo -x4-:
[E] [Ab] [A] [E]
Chorus:
[E]I laid him d[Ab]own in a gr[A]ave in the s[E]and
[E]and he grabbed my [Ab]arm with his [A]dead man's [E]hand.
[E]He said: "I know I'm [Ab]dead but I do[A]don't wanna l[E]lie
[E]in a grave out h[Ab]ere where the c[A]oyote's c[E]ry.
[E]I stared right i[Ab]nto the e[A]ndless vo[E]id
[E]and I ain't going b[Ab]ack if I g[A]ot any cho[E]ice.
[E]I know how to l[Ab]ive, I don't k[A]now how to d[E]ie
[E]and there ain't no t[Ab]hrills in the af[A]terlif[E]e.
[E]So lift me u[Ab]p out of h[A]ere my f[E]riend
[E]and I'll wander the [Ab]night 'til the a[A]ages e[E]end."
[E]Lit by the m[Ab]moon he wal[A]walked through the [E]sand
[E]and he waved good[Ab]bye with his d[A]ead man's h[E]and.
Solo:
[E] [Ab] [A] [E] [E] [E] [Em] [E] [Am]
Outro:
[E]He will roam forever, [Am]haunting the desert. [E] [Em] [E] [Am]
[E]He will roam forever, [Am]haunting the desert. [E] [Em] [E] [Am] [E]