The Shifting Whispering Sands chords by Jim Reeves
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Intro 1
(G major)
(C major)
(G major) I discovered the val
Verse 1
(C major) ley of the
shifting whispering sands
While prospecting for gold in one of
our western states. (D minor) (G major)
I saw (D major) the silent windmill (G major) s,
the (D major) crumbling water (G major) tanks
The bones (D major) of cattle (G major) and burrows,
picked clean (C major) by buzzards
Bleached by the desert sun. (G major) (C major)
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Verse 2
I stumbled over a crumbling buckboard (C major)
nearly covered by the sands
And stop (D minor) ping to rest I heard
a tink (G major) ling whispering sound (D minor)
And (G major) suddenly realised
that even though
(D minor) The wind was quiet (G major) the
sand did not lie still. (D major) (G major)
Verse 3
(C major) I seemed to be surrounded
(D major) by a mystery (C major) so heavy
And op (F major) pressive I
could scarcely breath
For days and weeks I wandered
aimlessly in this val (C major) ley
Seeking answers to the many
questions
That raced through my
fevered mind.
Verse 4
Where was (D major) everyone why the white bones,
the dry wells
The barren val (G major) ley where people
must have lived and died
Finally I could go no farther (C major)
my food (G major) and water gone (C major)
I sat down and buried my face
in my hands and rest (G major) ing thus
I (C major) learnt the secret of the shifting
Verse 5
whispering sands.
(D major) How I (G major) escaped from
the valley I do not (D major) know
But (D minor) now to pay my final
(G major) debt for being spared
(D minor) I must tell you what I learned (G major)
out there on the desert
So many years ago. (C major)
Verse 6
(When the (C major) day is (G major) oddly (C major) quiet (G major)
And the (C major) breeze seems not to (D minor) blow (G major)
One would (D minor) think the (G major) sand was resting
But you'll (D major) find (G major) this is not so. (C major)
Verse 7
It is (C major) whisp'ring (G major) softly (C major) whisp'ring
(G major) As it (C major) slowly (G major) moves (C major) along (D minor)
(G major) And for (D minor) those (G major) who stop and listen
It will sing (D major) this (G major) mournful song. (C major)
(D major) Of (E major)
Verse 8
(F major) sidewinders and the horntoads
Of the (C major) Thorny Cha (G major) (C major) parral
(G major) (C major) In the (D major) sunny days and moonlight nights
The (G major) coyote's lonely yell.
Verse 9
How the stars (C major) seem (G major) you
(C major) could touch them (G major)
As you (C major) lay and gaze on (D minor) (G major) high
At the Heav (D major) ens (G major) where we're (D major) hop (G major) ing
We'll be (D major) go ing (G major) when we die...)
Outro 1
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(E flat major) (F minor) (E flat major)
The Shifting Whispering Sands
Jim Reeves
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