Backbone (The Desert Child)
Recorded by Kasey Chambers
Album: Single (2024)

(Capo on 4)

(Intro.)
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(Verse)
Well, they (G)call me the (C)desert (G)child
I was (G)born out (C)in the (G)wild
Ain't (G)never been (C)lost to the (G)Southern (C)Cross with
A (G)heart that (D)runs a (G)mile
While the (G)train it (C)waits ar-(G)rival
I'd (G)learn to (C)read the (G)bible
I re-(G)membered every (C)word just to (G)sing like a (C)bird
And to (G)whistle on (D)down the (G)line

(Chorus)
Oh, my (G)backbone (C)take me (G)back home
Wherever you (Em)are tell 'em my (D)star will leave the (G)light on
Oh, my (G)backbone (C)hard-(G)er (D/F#)than (Em)stone
Imma go (D)east imma go (C)west imma come (G)home

(Verse)
Well, the (G)only (C)road to (G)find her
From the (G)tread under-(C)neath the (G)tyre
If the (G)fox didn't (C)howl it'd (G)save us (C)now from the (G)bid
From (D)highest (G)buyer
And our (G)hair it (C)grew like (G)fire
Like (G)Samson (C)and De-(G)lilah
But the (G)rust wouldn't (C)hurt from the (G)dust and (C)dirt
That we (G)used to (D)barb the (G)wire

(Chorus)
Oh, my (G)backbone (C)take me (G)back home
Wherever you (Em)are tell 'em my (D)star will leave the (C)light on
Oh, my (G)backbone (C)hard-(G)er (D/F#)than (Em)stone
Imma go (D)east imma go (C)west imma come (G)home

(Solo)
 / / / |(G) / / (Em)|(Em) / / / |(D) / / / |(C) / / / |(C) / / / |(G) / / (Em)|(D) - - -

(Verse)
At (G)night the (G)words (C)were (G)spoken
Will the (G)circle (C)be un-(G)broken
And the (G)voice went (C)higher from the (G)family (C)choir
And (G)moon it (D)played in (G)time
And the (G)boxcar (C)disap-(G)peared with a (G)wave from the (C)engi-(G)neer
And I (G)always came (C)back for the (G)coin on the (C)track cos it
(G)Made me a (D)million-(G)aire

(Chorus)
Oh, my (G)backbone (C)take me (G)back home
Wherever you (Em)are tell 'em my (D)star will leave the (C)light on
Oh my (G)backbone (C)hard-(G)er (D/F#)than (Em)stone
Imma go (D)east imma go (C)west imma come (G)home
Imma go (D)east imma go (C)west imma come (G)home

(Outro.)
Well, they (G)call me the (C)desert (G)child
I was (G)born out (C)in the (G)wild
Ain't (C)never been (D)lost to the (C)Southern (D)Cross with a (C)heart
That (D)runs a (G)mile - - - - -