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.
Lyrics PDF for Monsoon Season (opens in new window)
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
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
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!
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
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
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…
E Monsoon season in the A desert
Michelle Miner — vocals & acoustic guitar
Syndenn Sweet — vocals, banjo guitar, & electric bass
Brian Hanner — drums & percussion
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
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
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
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?
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
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
F I L O C V E our SoF noran G Desert C home
Michelle Miner — vocals & ukulele
Syndenn Sweet — vibraphone
Cruz the Mountain Lion
Connect the dots (PDF)
So many things to explore!
Javelina vs. Wild Boar (PDF)
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
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
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
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
I C better be careful
G7 While I travel
Don’t C wanna get caught
By a G7 hungry owl — Aaahhhh!!!
…C Looking for treasures G all the C time
Mr. Nature — vocals
Michelle Miner — vocals & guitar
Syndenn Sweet — vocals & shaker
Brother Bear Eli — vocals & packrat puppet
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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