Crusader chords by Mary Black

Intro:
C

Verse:

There's a wilderness, it's a no man's land
    F           C
Between Alice Springs and the ocean
G             E7   C
Seventeen hundred miles of burning sand

And a silken thread keeps a hold on you
     F        C    G
When the emptiness like a potion
             E7    C
Tends to fray your reason strand by strand

Verse:
      E7
And there's no more need for the mask you wear
     Am    G       C
When the last goodbyes have been said
  G    C       Am
So kiss the cheeks of your dearest friends
  G      D7/F#  G
And turn to the desert ahead
      C
Now you're on your own like a sailing ship
      F             C    G
You're the captain, the crew and the sailors
            E7    C  D7
Turn around and this is what you see

Chorus:
    G  D7   G
This is me, facing me
   Em      A    D7
All alone 'cause I choose to be
     C          G  D  G  F
With the wind and the sun on me, only me

Verse:
    C
Now you dream so much about being lost
   F          C     G
Your ghost by a coolabah sleeping
            E7   C
Haunts you and whispers in your ear

Give up, give up this lonely road
    F              C
No one knows the promise you're keeping
G            E7    C
You can't touch the emptiness out here

Verse:
     E7
But the grace that mends this broken wing
  Am    G  C
The blue sky to regain
   G     C    Am
Will lift those feet and raise those eyes
  G    D7/F#  G
To face the desert again
    C
As the dawn reveals the journey's end
  F         C
In truth, it's only beginning
  G            E7   C  D7
And it's as big as your eyes wish to see

Chorus:
    G  D7   G
This is me, facing me
   Em      A    D7
All alone 'cause I choose to be
     C          G  D  G
With the wind and the sun on me, only me

Instrumental:
F C  F C G  E7 C
C  F C G  E7 Am  D7

Chorus:
    G  D7   G
This is me, facing me
   Em      A    D7
All alone 'cause I choose to be
     C          G  D  G
With the wind and the sun on me, only me

Outro:
F C  F C G  E7 C