Hotter Than The Mojave by Iris Dement #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Adam Schneider) HOTTER THAN MOJAVE IN MY HEART (Iris DeMent) -------------------------------------------- [On "Austin City Limits," she had a capo on the fourth fret. The recording sounds like it's on the third.] [Play bass runs between D & G if you can, and between G & G between sections (the bass goes G-D-E-F#-G).] [Each chord is one fast measure.] G C G G Em D G G [intro] G C G G Well I've heard 'em say there's one for everybody Em D G G And I just knew somehow that you'd be the one for me G C G G 'Cause making love with you's not just a hobby Em D G G No, it's the flame that burnt the forest down in me Em Em D D And darling was it day or was it nighttime G G D D D7 D7 Were them whipporwills a-moaning through the trees, through the trees G C G Em I don't remember just what you said but ooh, right from the start you made me G D G G Hotter than Mojave in my heart G C G G Em D G G [mandolin solo] Well baby, I could stay this way forever Just passing time at ninety-nine degrees 'Cause loving you's my favorite kind of weather Oh, forever let the flame burn down in me And I'll not prepare my heart for the change of season And I'll whip old Winter Wind there if she blows Well god bless the day that you came along And you tipped my applecart and you made me Hotter than Mojave in my heart G C G G Em D G G [guitar solo] G C G G Em D G G [piano solo] And I'll not prepare my heart for the change of season And I'll whip old Winter Wind there if she blows Well god bless the day that you came along And you tipped my applecart and you made me G D G Em Hotter than Mojave in my heart G D G G. Now it's hotter than Mojave in my heart GUITAR SOLO: G C G G ----|----------------|------------5---|3-----3---------|----------------| ----|3---5---3-----5-|----5-7-8-7---7-|--5-3---5-3-----|--3-------------| 4-5-|--4---4---4-----|5-7-------------|------------4---|2---4-2-0-4-2-0-| ----|------------5---|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . Em D G G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| |----------0-----|3-----3---------|----0-----------|----------------| |----0---0-----0-|--------2-2-----|3/4---4\2-0-----|0-----0---------| |2-4---4-----4---|----4-------4---|------------2-0-|--2-0---2-0-----| |----------------|----------------|----------------|------------1=2-| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ==-=--=---=----=-----=-------=---------=---------=-------=-----=----=---=--=-== Adam Schneider schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu Minneapolis, MN Mail me if you want guitar chords for Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Indigo Girls, Suzanne Vega, Lucinda Williams, etc. ==-=--=---=----=-----=-------=---------=---------=-------=-----=----=---=--=-== www.TAB6.com