CRUSADER
Key:  D,  capo 2 = E

Intro: D, 2 bars

Verse 1:
          D                                        G                     D
There's a wilderness, it's a no-man's land between Alice Springs and the Ocean,
A                                  D
Seventeen hundred miles of burning sand,
        D                                     G                 D 
And the silken thread gets a hold on you. The emptiness, like a potion, 
A                                      D
  Tends to fray your reason, strand by strand,

            F#m                                      Bm       A              D
And there's no more need for masks you wear when the last goodbyes have been said:
A        D              Bm                  A           E       A
Kiss the cheeks of your dearest friends and turn to the Desert again.
           D                                           G                         D 
Now you're on your own like a sailing ship, you're the captain, the crew and the sailors,
A                         A#m         Bm    E
  Turn 'round and this is what you'll see:

Chorus:
        A   E      A        F#m                     E
This is me, facing me, all alone 'cause I choose to be,
         D                   A   E    A   G
With the wind and the sun on me, only me.

Verse 2:

Now you dream so much about being lost, your ghost by a coolibah sleeping
Haunts you and whispers in your ear:
'Give up, give up this lonely road, no-one knows the promise you're keeping.
You can't search the emptiness out here.'
But the Grace that mends this broken wing, the blue skies to regain,
Lift those feet and raise those eyes to face the desert again.
As the dawn reveals the journey's end, the truth is only beginning,
And it's as big as your eyes wish to see.

Chorus

(InstrVerse, repeat Chorus, fade out on InstrVerse...)