The Shifting Whispering Sands (Part 1) chords by 
Billy Vaughn 
N/A
Key: C major•
Verse 1
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I discovered the valley of the shifting whispering
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sand s while prospecting for gold in one of our
western states. I saw the silent windmills,
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the crumbling water tanks, the bones of cattle and
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burrows picked clean by buzzards,
bleached by the desert suns. I stumbled over a crumbling
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buckboard nearly covered by the sand,
and stopping to rest, I heard a tinkling, whispering
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sound and suddenly realized that even though the wind was quiet,
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the sand did not lie still.
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I seemed to be surrounded by a mys tery so heavy and oppressive,
I could scarcely breathe.
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For days and weeks I wandered aimlessly in this valley,
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seeking answers to the many questions
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that race through my fevered mind.
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Where was everyone?
Why the white bones, the dry wells,
the barren valley where people
must have lived and died?
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Finally, I could go no farther,
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my food
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and water gone. I sat down and buried my face in my hands,
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and resting thus, I learned the secret
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of the shifting, whispering sands.
How I managed to escape from the valley,
I do not know.
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But now, to pay my final
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debt for being spared,
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I must tell you what I learned
out on the desert
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so many years ago.
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When the day is hotly fired
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and the breeze seems not to blow,
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One would think the sand was resting,
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but you'll find this is not so.
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It is whispering, softly whispering,
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as it slowly moves along,
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and for those who stop and listen,
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It will sing this mourn ful song of sidewinders and the horned toads,
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of the thorny cha par ral.
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Endless sunny days and moonlit nights,
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the coyotes lonely gath er.
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How the stars sing,
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you could touch them
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As you lay and gaze on high
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At the heav ens where we're hoping
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We'll be glowing when
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we lie
Yes, it always whispers to me
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Of the days of long ago
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When the set tlers an d the miners
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Fought the crafty
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Navajo
How the cattle roamed the valley, happy people worked the land,
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an d now everything is covered
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by the shifting, whispering sand s.
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How the miner left his buckboard,
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Went to work his claims that day.
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And the burros broke their halters,
When they thought he'd gone
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to stay.
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Wandered far in search of water
Onto old
Sidewinder's well
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And there, their bones
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picked clean by buzzards
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That were circling when they fell
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How they found the aged miner
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lying dead upon the sand.
After months they could but wonder
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if he died by human hand.
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So they dug his grave and
laid him on his back
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and crossed his hands,
and his secret still is hidden
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by the shift ing, whisper ing sand s.
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This is what they whispered to
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me on the quiet desert air
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of the people and the cattle and
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the min er ly ing there.
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If you want to learn their secret,
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wander through this quiet land,
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and I'm sure you'll hear the story
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of the shift ing, whispering sands.
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Shifting whisp 'ring stars
Outro 1
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