Tab by eirikhv ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a tab for the LIVE PERFORMANCE of the song. There are a few versions available on youtube. TUNING: D-A-D-E-A-d CAPO: 8th fret Same tuning as 'The Gardener', 'I Won't Be Found', 'Honey Won't You Let Me In' and more... I prefer to tune my guitar to E-B-E-F#-B-E for these songs, which I find easier to do by ear. Either way, same result. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO/MIDDLE PLAY/ENDING: This is how I play it. TMOE variates from show to show, of course. d|--0--|--0--|--0---4--|---0---0---0---0--|--4--|--4--|--0---0---0---0--| A|--0--|--0--|--0---0--|---0---2---0---0--|--0--|--0--|--0---2---0---0--| E|--3--|--3--|--2---2--|---3---3---0---3--|--2--|--2--|--3---3---0---3--| D|--2--|--2--|--0---0--|---0---0---2---2--|--0--|--0--|--0---0---2---2--| A|--0--|--0--|--0---0--|---2---2---0---0--|--0--|--0--|--2---2---0---0--| D|--0--|--0--|--0---0--|---0---0---0---0--|--0--|--0--|--0---0---0---0--| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- VERSE: d|--------0---------------0---------------0--------------------| A|--------0---------------0---------------0--------------------| E|--------2---------------3---------------2--------------------| D|--------0---------------2---------------0--------------------| A|--------0---------------0---------------0--------------------| D|--------0---------------0---------------0--------------------| Oh, the blizzard's never seen the desert sands d|---------------------------------0-----0---------------------| A|---------------------------------0-----2---------------------| E|---------------------------------3-----3---------------------| D|---------------------------------0-----0---------------------| A|---------------------------------2-----2---------------------| D|---------------------------------0-----0---------------------| I will set the tempo low in my commands d|----0---------------0--------------------0-------------------| A|----0---------------0--------------------0-------------------| E|----2---------------2--------------------0-------------------| D|----0---------------0--------------------0-------------------| A|----0---------------4--------------------2-------------------| D|----0---------------0--------------------0-------------------| Come follow down the highway once trailed by my golden calf, oh d|----0---------------0---------------0------------------------| A|----0---------------0---------------0------------------------| E|----3---------------3---------------2------------------------| D|----0---------------2---------------0------------------------| A|----2---------------0---------------0------------------------| D|----0---------------0---------------0------------------------| The blizzard's never seen the desert sands ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALTERNATE VERSE START: Sometimes, he starts the verses like this... d|--------0---------------0---------------0--------------------| A|--------0---------------0---------------0--------------------| E|--------2---------------0---------------2--------------------| D|--------0---------------5---------------0--------------------| A|--------0---------------0---------------0--------------------| D|--------0---------------5---------------0--------------------| Oh, the blizzard's never seen the desert sands ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHORT MIDDLE PLAY: I just play the last part of the INTRO/MIDDLE PLAY/ENDING... d|--0---0---0---0--| A|--0---2---0---0--| E|--3---3---0---3--| D|--0---0---2---2--| A|--2---2---0---0--| D|--0---0---0---0--| ...between every verse, and repeat the whole INTRO between the third and fourth verse. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- LYRICS [album version]: Oh, the blizzard's never seen the desert sands I will set the tempo low in my commands Come follow down the highway once trailed by my golden calf, oh The blizzard's never seen the desert sands And I will drive it like a shepherd to the sun It's the easiest decision I have done Come follow down the highway once trailed by my golden calf, oh The blizzard's never seen the desert sands And the bells up in the towers they will ring And the frightened little choirs they will sing They will tremble on their voices like it's from another shore, oh The frightened little choirs they will sing I will sit up in the saddle of the storm I will ride across the sea I stand before Though the people on the beaches weigh just nothing but themselves I will sit up in the saddle of the storm Oh, the blizzard's never seen the desert sands And I never understood a written plan I have set my house on fire 'cause I don't need it anymore Oh, the blizzard's never seen the desert sands
