Music at the Museum - Come Sing with the Saguaros!
Celebrate the Sonoran Desert with monsoon music and more! Sing along and serenade the saguaros as you learn more about this beautiful region’s biodiversity. Select the plus sign (+) for song lyrics, chords, and links to related activities and information.
Music Album recorded with love at Hanner House Records
  
In the Shade of the Saguaro
Monsoon Season
Lyrics PDF for Monsoon Season (opens in new window)
Verse 1
   A  Winter seems so far away
   Been so long since E  it has rained
   So A  hot and dry I just wanted to cry
   E  Hooray! Look, there’s some A  water
  
Chorus
   A  ‘Cause it’s monsoon season in the desert
   It’s D  monsoon season in the desert
   Feels A  like it hasn’t rained in forever
   But now it’s E  monsoon season in the A  desert
  
Verse 2
   A Animals hiding underground
   Come to the surface to E  look around
   It A  finally rained, time to celebrate
   The E  desert comes to A  life again!
  
Chorus
Verse 3
   A Toads and frogs dig out of the ground
   To lay some eggs and E find some food
   A Centipedes, millipedes, & beetles, too
   E All come up — it’s a A critter zoo
  
Chorus
Verse 4
   A Thirsty cactus is in luck
   When there’s water E to drink up
   To A save for later when they need it most
   So the E sun doesn’t burn them — like A saguaro toast
  
Chorus
Bridge
   D Termites and ants come out for mating A flights — oh, yeah!
   E Hoping they don’t get eaten by velvet A mites — yum, yum!
   D Gila monsters emerge, what a special A sight — wow!
   B7 Vinegaroons love a good shower too
   These E storms are a delight! Oh…
  
Chorus
OUTRO repeat 2x:
E Monsoon season in the A desert
Guitar Chords
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
Ukulele Chords
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
 
  Syndenn dressed as a saguaro
with a double bass.
Artists on this song
   Michelle Miner — vocals & acoustic guitar
   Syndenn Sweet — vocals, banjo guitar, & electric bass
   Brian Hanner — drums & percussion
  
Explore water related information and activities!
    I Think I Pan Experiment (PDF)
    Gila Monster Coloring Page (PDF)
    Make Your Own Rain Gauge (PDF)
    Wildlife and Water Information (PDF)
    Monsoon storm photos
   
I L O V E this D E S E R T
Verse 1
   C  Going on a trip, where F  will it G  be?
   C  Driving through the mountains, such F  majesG ty
   A C  forest of saguaros inF stead of G  trees
   ToF day I have a feeling we’ll make G  memories
  
Chorus
   F  I L O C  V E this G  D E S E R T
   Yeah, F  I L O C  V E this G  place I like to roam
   F  I L O C  V E this G  D E S E R T
   And F  I L O C  V E our SonF oran G  Desert C  home
  
Verse 2
   C  Now we’re at the entrance, I F  see the G  sign:
The C  Desert Museum, gonna F  have a great G  time
ExC plore the outdoors, how the F  paths do G  wind
How F  many plants and animals G  will we find?
  
Chorus
Verse 3
   C  If we’re really lucky we F  might see G  Cruz
   C  Up on his rock just F  takin’ a G  snooze
   C  Yawnin’ or playin’ like a F  giant house G  cat
   A F  rescued mountain lion in his G  habitat
  
Bridge
   A F  rattler with a tail brown, white, and black
   C  Javelina snortin’ while they're eatin’ a snack
   A F  bear, a wolf, a fox, a spotted ocelot
   G  I enjoy today an awful lot
  
Chorus
OUTRO
F I L O C V E our SoF noran G Desert C home
Ukulele Chords
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
Artists on this song
   Michelle Miner — vocals & ukulele
   Syndenn Sweet — vibraphone
  
Explore Desert Museum related information and activities!
    Cruz the Mountain Lion
    Connect the dots (PDF)
    So many things to explore!
    Javelina vs. Wild Boar (PDF)
   
I Am A Packrat
Verse 1
   C  I am a packrat 
   G7  I  live in the desert 
   C  Searching for treasure 
   To G7  take back home 
   C  I’m important 
   BeG7 cause you see 
   C  I  help plants 
   G7  Spread their seeds 
  
Chorus
   G7  I am a little desert packrat 
   C  Looking for anything I can find 
   G7  I am a little desert packrat 
   C  Looking for treasures G7  all the C  time 
  
Verse 2
   C  I collect cactus 
   With G7  pokey spines 
   To C  help me protect 
   This G7  nest of mine 
   C  I  collect all 
   G7  Kinds of goodies 
   C  Toys that are lost 
   G7  Jewelry that’s shiny 
  
Chorus
Verse 3
   C  Humans might sigh 
   When I G7  chew things they like 
   But my C  pee is like glue 
   And G7  preserves things too 
   So C  thanks to my midden 
   My G7  collection that’s hidden 
   Humans C  learn what was here 
   Back G7  thousands of years 
  
Chorus
Verse 4
   I C  better be careful 
   G7  While I travel 
   Don’t C  wanna get caught 
   By a G7  hungry owl — Aaahhhh!!!  
  
Chorus
Outro
…C Looking for treasures G all the C time
Guitar Chords
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
    
  
Artists on this song
   Mr. Nature — vocals
   Michelle Miner — vocals & guitar
   Syndenn Sweet — vocals & shaker
   Brother Bear Eli — vocals & packrat puppet
  
Explore Packrat related information and activities!
    Packrat House Coloring/Craft Page (PDF)
    Virtual Packrat Party feat. Mr. Nature
    Visit the Packrat Playhouse 
    Animal Fact Sheet: White-throated woodrat 
   
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