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Version 1 Version 2The Handsome Family - Far From Any Road Picking pattern: Am d d u d u d u | e|---0-0----0-------0--| B|---1-1----1-------1--| G|---2-2----2-------2--| x4 D|--------------2------| A|0--------------------| E|--------0------------| Am E d d u d u d u d d u d u d u | e|---0-0----0-------0--|---0-0----0-------0--| B|---1-1----1-------1--|---0-0----0-------1--| G|---2-2----2-------2--|---1-1----1-------1--| D|--------------2------|--------------2------| A|0--------------------|2--------------------| E|--------0------------|--------0------------| Dm Am d d u d u d u d d u d u d u | e|---1-1----1-----1----|---0-0----0-------0--| B|---3-3----3-----3----|---1-1----1-------1--| G|---2-2----2-----2----|---2-2----2-------2--| D|0-------------0------|--------------2------| A|--------0------------|0--------------------| E|---------------------|--------0------------| [Intro] Am Am Am Am Am Am [Verse 1] Am E From the dusty mesa Dm Am Her looming shadow grows Am E Hidden in the branches Dm Am of the poison creosote Am [Verse 2] 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 [Interlude] Am Am Am Am Am Am [Verse 3] Am E In the hushing dusk Dm Am Under a swollen silver moon Am E I came walking with the wind Dm Am To watch the cactus bloom Am [Verse 4] C A strange hunger haunted me, G The looming shadows danced Dm I fell down to the thorny brush F And felt a trembling hand [Interlude] Am Am Am Am Am Am [Verse 5] Am E When the last light warms the rocks Dm Am And the rattlesnakes unfold Am E Mountain cats will come Dm Am to drag away your bones Am [Verse 6] C And rise with me forever G Across the silent sand Dm And the stars will be your eyes F And the winds will be my hands [Outro] Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am Am