Lost On The Desert
Johnny Cash
The Sound Of Johnny Cash

Key: C/ Capo: 1


CHORUS:
F                   C
A burnin' hot sun a cryin' for water. 
F                      G
Black wings circle the sky.
C             F       C          G
Stumblin' and fallin' somebody's callin'.
F                  G         C
You're lost on the desert to die.  


VERSE 1:
C                         F
I had to give up and they took me to jail, 
C                         G
But I hid all the money I got. 
F                     C
Way out on the desert where no one could get it, 
    G                    C
And I left a mark at the spot.
F                   C
Then I got away and ran for the desert.
F                   G
The devil had taken control. 
C        F         C           G
I needed water but he said I'd make it,
F                   G        C
Near the money is a big waterhole. 


CHORUS:
F                   C
A burnin' hot sun a cryin' for water. 
F                      G
Black wings circle the sky.
C             F       C          G
Stumblin' and fallin' somebody's callin'.
F                  G         C
You're lost on the desert to die.


GUITAR SOLO 

 C          F   | C      G    | F        G          C

|-8/9---9-------|-8/9---------|----------8-8-8-9--------|
|-8/9---11--11--|-8/9---------|-11--11-11------9--------|
|---------------|------10-----|-------------------10----|
|---------------|---------11--|----------------------11-|
|---------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------------------|


VERSE 2:
C                      F
Just up ahead is where I left my mark, 
C                               G
Or it may be to the left or the right.
F                                     C
I've been runnin' all day and they'll catch up tomorrow.
G                   C
I've got to find it tonight.   
F                            C
Then up jumped the devil and ran away laughin'. 
F                           G
He drank all the waterholes dry.
C           F             C          G
He moved my mark till I'm running in circles. 
F               F         G
I'm lost on the desert to die.


CHORUS:
F                   C
A burnin' hot sun a cryin' for water. 
F                      G
Black wings circle the sky.
C             F       C          G
Stumblin' and fallin' somebody's callin'.
F                  G         C
You're lost on the desert to die.


OUTRO: FADE OUT
F                  G         C
You're lost on the desert to die.
F                  G         C
You're lost on the desert to die.
F                  G         C
You're lost on the desert to die.
F                  G         C
You're lost on the desert to die.