G Bm F Am Eb G A7 D7 G
[Verse]
G
When these old adobe walls
C G
Turn to dust and when they fall
D
And the creatures of the night call out your name
G
Mother nature, she'll grab hold
C G
Of all the things that we've let go
D G
Here comes an ill-intentioned wind that knows your name
[Verse]
G
In the desert night it builds
C G
Near Gila Monster Hills
D
A wisp of dust, then a whisper, then a curse
G
Soon it's 90 miles an hour
C G
Near El Centro water towers
D G
Look out, El Cajon, you'll be the first
[Chorus]
D Em
Now those Santa Ana Winds begin to blow
A D
From Death Valley to the wide Pacific shores
C
Won't be no saints come marching in
G C
No movie stars or clergymen
Em C
Where will you run when that wind howls 'neath your door?
Em D G
When that Santa Ana Wind begins to roar
[Instrumental]
Em Eb Em Eb Cm D
[Verse]
G
California, my home state
C G
Cars of people sit and wait
D
They know it's coming, they can feel it in their bones
G
All that real estate and pride
C G
All those Indians that died
D G
While the Spanish priests danced the drunk Fandango
[Verse]
G
They say that troubadours invented love
C G
A thousand years before the flood
D
They rode from town to town, singing up the mystery
G
Well, the wind sings its own song
C G
Moving patiently along
D G
Burning down the lie of Western History
[Chorus]
D Em
Now that Santa Ana Wind begins to blow
A D
From Death Valley to the wide Pacific shores
C
Won't be no saints come marching in
G C
No cowboy stars or clergymen
Em C
Where will you run when that wind howls 'neath your door?
Em D Em C
When that Santa Ana Wind begins to roar
G D G
When that Santa Ana Wind begins to roar
