Alkali chords

[INTRO]
[C]

[VERSE 1]
Alkali, here's [Dm]mud in your eye
You've been [F]lost in the desert [G]twenty-five years or [C]more [Dm] [G]
All your [C]whiskey streams and your [Dm]goldfield dreams
Well, [F]Lady Luck won't [G]let you dark her [C]door

[VERSE 2]
And they [Am]tell me you're a [Em]ghost of a man
[F]Lord, I be[G]lieve it's [C]true
And they [Am]say you had a [Em]woman once
But she [D]turned her back on [G]you

[CHORUS]
You old [Dm]gold mining hobo
[F]Dry-well, [G]desert rat, [C]Alkali

[VERSE 3]
Put the [Dm]bacon on to fry
Well, the [F]sun's coming up and the [G]mule's waiting for his [C]grain [Dm] [G]
Just a [C]one room shack, out by the [Dm]Santa Fe tracks
It’s an [F]old lick of earth that's [G]screaming for a drop of [C]rain

[VERSE 4]
And there's a [Am]time for work and a [Em]time for play
And a [F]time for [G]lying [C]down
And the [Am]road might lead to the [Em]rainbow's end
A [D]dusty old desert [G]town

[CHORUS]
You old [Dm]gold mining hobo
[F]Dry-well, [G]desert rat, [C]Alkali

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[Dm] [F] [G] [C] [Dm] [G]

[VERSE 5]
[C]Alkali, there's a [Dm]buzzard in the sky
And he’s a-[F]counting his chances on a-[G]picking your skinflint [C]bones [Dm] [G]
Ah, [C]raise your hand and throw a [Dm]curse on the land
They're gonna [F]find you one day, [G]lying 'neath an unmarked [C]stone

[VERSE 6]
Well, the [Am]desert is a [Em]lonely place
For a [F]man to [G]lose his [C]head
They [Am]tell me when you start to [Em]talking to yourself
[D]Lord, you might as well be [G]dead

[CHORUS]
You old [Dm]gold mining hobo
[F]Dry-well, [G]desert rat, [C]Alkali

[CHORUS]
[Am]Alkali, [Em]Alkali
You old [F]gold-mining hobo
[G]Dry-well, desert rat, [C]Alkali

[CHORUS]
[Am]Alkali, [Em]Alkali
You old [F]gold-mining hobo
[G]Dry-well, desert rat, [C]Alkali