Tuning: G C E A

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # # From RICKL1@IX.NETCOM.COM Thu May 15 16:59:32 1997 Date: Thu, 01 May 1997 23:52:19 GMT From: RICKL1@IX.NETCOM.COM To: guitar@olga.net Subject: Sweet Desert Childhood Flying Burrito Brothers Chords/Words thanks to Roy J for the words please post corrections Flying Burrito Brothers Sweet Desert Childhood by Gene Parsons

^GIt was off the desert road Fourteen ^Cmiles up in the canyon I was ^Gborn ^GWhere the rocks were piled up high And ^Cwhen the sun went down They looked like big old ^Gmonsters You could ^Cyell out your whole name And the ^A7echo would come back crystal c^Clear And the s^Gilence was so deafening I could ^Chear it like thunder in my ^Gears ^GI still taste the sweet cool water As it ^Cbubbled out to quench the burning ^Gsand

And the cottonwoods stood trembling

As the ^Cdesert wind blew soft across the l^Gand Somewhere ^Cfar away a coyote ^A7Called out his mournful ghostly ^Csong And I ^Gknew that very soon ^CSweet desert childhood would be ^Ggone Can a ^Cman^Bm ever go back h^Come again? Can a ^Cman ever ^Amlive that way a^Dgain? ^C ^G ^GThe old windmill made a groan As it ^Cturned around to face the cold of the ^Gnight ^GThe proof of all existence Crackled ^Cwarm in the flickering fire^Glight And the ^Cstars were so perfect That I w^A7ondered might this all just be a ^Cdream Could this ^Gall-alone place really ^Cbe as magic as it ^Gseems? ^CCan a man ever ^Amgo back home a^Cgain? ^CCan a man ever ^Amlive that way ^Dagain? ^G

From Flying Again Columbia Records

The Flying Burrito Brothers - Sweet desert childhood