Am                                G
Here is where the mystics wander, Here is a land of abandoned cars
Am                                G
Here is where you will be tested, Underneath a billion stars
F                                 Am
Here the purple shadows fool you, Here the heat comes with the dawn
F                                  E                    E7     Am
Here the hermit digs for treasure, And mirages pull you on....
Am                               G
Here are shores of ancient seas, Here the reckless ring their guns
Am                               G
Salt and sulfur curse the water, Dreams like a fever comes
F                                 Am
Here the hills are burnt and bare, Here the hot winds carve the stones
F                             Am             E          E7      Am
Where coyotes skulk and wail, And the demons make their home...


[Chorus]
    F              Am      F             E7
Ah, welcome to the desert, Burning dust, angry thorns
    F              Am      F              E          E7     Am
Ah, welcome to the desert, Hell was never quite this warm....
Am                               G
Here the line don’t give a damn, Bring your best, do your worst
Am                                 G
Everything here wants to kill you, Vipers, steam, dreadful thirst
F                                 Am
Whirlwinds spinning on the playa, Madness dancing in the air
F                                E                    E7      Am
Here’s a final court to try you, Beg for mercy if you dare.....
Am                               G
See the crumbling miner’s cabin, Hills of ash and cinder cone
Am                                    G
See the slag heaps on the ridge line, Sticking up like dragon’s bones
F                                 Am
See the hoof prints of the devil, In the black rock plain as day
F                                 E                          E7     Am
Here’s a gate that leads to hell, come with me I’ll show the way.....


[Chorus]
    F          Am              F             E7
Ah, welcome,   to the desert, Burning dust, angry thorns
    F          Am             F                         E7       Am
Ah, welcome,   to the desert, Hell was never quite this warm...
    F          Am
Ah, welcome,   to the desert
         F         Am
Nobody’s welcome,  to the desert
    F          Am
Ah, welcome    to the desert