The Shifting, Whispering Sands chords by
Johnny Cash
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Key: G major
Intro 1
C
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G
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Verse 1
G
G

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I discovered the Valley of the Shifting
Whispering Sands
Em
Em

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G
G

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While prospecting in a western state
Am
Am

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I saw the silent windmills
C
C

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The crumbling water tanks
The bones of the cattle
Picked clean by buzzards
Bleached by the desert sun
G
G

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I stumbled over a crumbling buck board
Nearly covered by the sand
D
D

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G
G

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And stopping to rest
I heard a tinkling
D
D

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Whispering sound
G
G

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C
C

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G
G

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And suddenly realized that even though
F
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The wind was quiet
C
C

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The sand did not lie still
I seemed to be surrounded be a mystery
D
D

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So heavy and apperceive I
Could scarcely breath
G
G

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Eb
Eb
6

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For weeks I wondered aimlessly in the valley
G
G

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Seeking answers to
the many questions
D
D

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C
C

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That raced through my mind
Where was everyone? Why the white
Bones? The dry wells?
G
G

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D
D

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The barren valley where
G
G

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people must
Have lived and died
I sat down and buried
my face in my hands
C
C

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And resting I learned the
Secret of the Shifting, whispering Sands
G
G

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C
C

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How I managed to escape from
Em
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The valley I don't know
G
G

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D
D

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G
G

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But now to pay my debt for being saved
I must tell you what I
Learned out on the desert
C
C

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so many years ago
When the day is oddly quiet
G
G

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And the breeze seems not to blow
One would think the sun is resting
C
C

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But you'll find this is not so
It is whispering softly whispering
G
G

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As it slowly moves along
And for those who stop and listen
C
C

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It will sing this mournful song
F
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Of sidewinders and the horn toads
C
C

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G
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C
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On the thorny chaparral
D
D

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In the sunny days and moonlight lights
G
G

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The lonely coyotes yell
C
C

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How the stars seem they can touch you
G
G

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As you lay and gaze on high
D
D

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G
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G
G

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At the heavens where your hoping
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C
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You'll be going when you die

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