Artist: Iron & Wine Song: The Desert Babbler Album: Ghost on Ghost tabbed by: recebedou email: recebedou@yahoo.com Standard Tuning: CAPO II Chords used: EAFGBe Am:002210 Bm:224432 C: 032010 D: 000232 Em:022000 G: 320033 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Intro: [G - C - Am - D]x2 Verse 1 chords:

^G It's New Year's ^CEve ^Am and California's ^Dgonna kill you soon ^G The Barstow ^Cboys ^Am buckeyes in the ^Dshadow of the moon

Verse 2 chords:

^G Black ^Chouses in the hill and roadside ^Amhearts Dying for a ^Dplace to fall apart ^G Who ^Cknew what you could learn to live with^Amout Mother Mary's ^Dlying in your mouth

Chorus 1 chords:

^Bm Back ^Emhome the kitchen's warm with Christmas ^Amwine and every girl has ^Dgot an axe to grind ^Bm You ^Emleft to look for heaven But you're ^Amfar from that ^Dhard light tonight

Interlude: [G - C - Am - D]x2 Verse 3: [use verse 1 chords] So quietly we've lost another year the desert put a babbler in your ear mean firewood and I miss you again Barstow boys are spit into the wind Chorus 2: [use chorus 1 chords] Back home the hammer always has to fall crosses barely hanging on the wall Someday I know you'll never leave me But we're far from that hard light tonight

Iron & Wine - The desert babbler