The Shifting Whispering Sands (part 1) chords by Billy Vaughn with Orchestra

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Verse 1
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 (C major)  (G major)  (F major)  (C major) I discovered the valley
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of the shifting whispering sand (G major) s
while prospecting for gold
in one of our western states.
I saw the silent windmills,
the crumbling water tanks,
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 (C major) the bones of cattle and  (F major) burrows
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 (C major) picked clean by buzzards,
bleached by the desert suns.
I stumbled over a crumbling buckboard
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 (D major) nearly covered by the  (G major) sand.
And stopping to rest,
I heard a tinkling, whispering sound
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and suddenly realized that even  (C major) though
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the wind was quiet,  (A minor)  (G major) 
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 (F major) the sand did not lie still.
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I seemed to be surrounded by a mys (C major) tery
so heavy and oppressive,
I could scarcely breathe.
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 (D major) For days and weeks,
I wandered aimlessly in this valley,
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seeking answers  (G major) to the many questions
that raced through my fevered mind.
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Where was everyone?  (C major) 
Why the white bones?
The dry wells?
The barren valley
where people must have lived and died?
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 (D major) Fi (G major) nally, I could go no  (D major) farther.
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My hooves  (G major) and water gone,
I sat down and buried my face
in my hands.
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And resting thus,  (C major) 
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I learned  (G major) the secret
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 (F major) of the  (C major) shifting, whispering sands.
How I managed to escape
from the valley,
I do not know.
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 (D major) But now, to pay my  (G major) final debt
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for being spared,  (D major) 
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I must  (G major) tell you what I learned
out in the desert
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so many years ago.  (C major) 
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When the day is  (G major) hotly  (C major) quiet
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And the breeze seems not  (Cdim) to  (D major) blow
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One  (G major) would  (D major) think the  (G major) sand was  (D minor) resting
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But  (G major) you'll  (D minor) find  (G major) this is not so.  (C major) 
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 (G major) It is  (C major) whispering, softly whispering,
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As it  (F major) slowly  (C major) moves along.  (D major) 
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 (G major) And for those  (D major) who stop  (G major) and  (D major) listen,  (G major) 
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It will sing this  (D major) mourn (G major) ful song.  (C major) 
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Of  (G major) sidewinders  (F major) and the horned dogs,
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of the  (C major) thorny  (G major) chaparral.  (C major) 
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Endless  (D major) sunny days and moonlit nights,
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the  (G major) coyotes  (D major) lonely yell.
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 (G major) How the  (F major) stars seem
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 (C major) you could touch them as you lay and gaze on
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 (D major) high at  (G major) the heavens where we're  (D major) hoping
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We'll  (G major) be calling when we die.  (C major) 