(chord progression is Am, C, Dm, E)
I met her on a highway to nowhere,
My mouth was numb and my throat was dry,
Ain't need eyes to see there ain't nothin' left in the southwest,
I was chasin' butterflies and graspin' for the floor,
Lookin' for some cheap whores,
(Chord progression is now Am, C, E)
You'll run forevermore
Dreamin' of crystal shores
In the sands of the Sonora
La Llorona
(instrumental(Am))
(Am, C, Dm, E)
As my spirit floats away in a serpentine daze,
Floatin' towards that godless gray,
I learned to curse the day I was born,
Forlorn above the empty sands,
I can't see my hands as I drift away from these haunted lands,
As bonedust is lifted in the wind
(instrumental(Am))
(lightly palm muted, tremolo strumming Am, C, E)
And I fall into cosmic nothingness,
Weeds growin' tall,
Like the sun burns on,
I once met a cockroach,
He told me to envy the dead,
For we don't got long,
(solo(acoustic)(key of Am))
(Am, C, Dm, E again)
Lookin' back on all my years,
Watchin' my body grow old,
I sing a grave song for my fears,
Creepin' like mold, the end is near,
Yeah, yeah, yeah
(Am, C, E, Em, E)
And baby I tell you, you'll run forevermore
Dreamin' of them crystal shores,
In the sands of the Sonora,
Oh, La Llorona.
(fade out instrumental)(Am key)
[Edited on 01.05.2013 10:08 PM PST]