Common Holly

The Desert

Common Holly


Tom: Bb

Ebmaj7/G  355343 (= Gm(b6))
F6        13023x
Ebmaj7    x65333
Dm7       x57565

Time Signatures:
Intro     - 8/8
Verse 1   - 7/8, 7/8, 7/8, 8/8
Interlude - 8/8
Verse 2   - 8/8
Verse 3   - 7/8, 7/8, 7/8, 9/8
Verse 4   - 8/8
Chorus    - 8/8


[Intro]
Ebmaj7/G   F6   Ebmaj7   Dm7

[Verse 1]
Gm                       F
I went into the desert and I missed him
Cm
Don't know if it was the mountains
Bb                     F
Asking questions

Gm                         F
I went into the desert and I held him
Cm
Through a muddy creek, he
Bb                    F
Was sand pooling in my hands

Gm                         F
And every night the desert sang a love song
Cm                       Bb         F
And inside my languid body was a fight
Gm                           F
And every night I hoped that he would come home
Cm                  Eb        F
But by daylight I knew it wasn't right

[Interlude]
Ebmaj7/G   F6   Ebmaj7   Dm7

[Verse 2]
Gm
The wash is drying up
F
Underneath the red sunset
Cm
And I am a lizard slinking through
Bb            F
The valley of regret

Gm
Oh I'm the wild coyote
F
Yelping at the midnight sky
Cm
A lover, forgotten how to love
Bb                 F
The sparrow, how to fly

[Chorus]
Ebmaj7/G       F6               Ebmaj7   Dm7
Hollow, hollow when the moon is rising, rising

[Verse 3]
Gm                       F
Lost my footing in the desert canyon
Cm                       Eb   F
I lost him, and I lost my home

Gm                       F
Saw him vanish into the horizon
Cm                       Eb   F
And there I was, left to be alone

[Chorus]
Gm        F             Cm        Bb      F
Hollow, hollow when the moon is rising, rising
Ebmaj7/G       F6               Ebmaj7   Dm7
Hollow, hollow when the moon is rising, rising

[Verse 4]
Gm
The wash is drying up
F
Underneath the red sunset
Cm
And I am a lizard slinking through
Bb              F
The valley of regret

Gm
Oh I'm the wild coyote
F
Yelping at the midnight sky
Cm
A lover, forgotten how to love
Bb                F
The sparrow, how to fly

Gm
The wash is drying up
F
Underneath the red sunset
Cm
And I am a lizard slinking through
Bb                F
The valley of regret

Gm
Oh I'm the wild coyote
F
Yelping at the midnight sky
Cm
A lover, forgotten how to love
Bb                 F
The sparrow, how to fly

[Chorus]
Ebmaj7/G       F6               Ebmaj7   Dm7
Hollow, hollow when the moon is rising, rising