The Desert
Glen Campbell
1992 album Wings Of Victory
Intro Gm C Bb Gm Am Dm G Bb F C
Verse 1
Dm Am
The desert is a barren land
Bb Gm Am
A widerness of rock and sand
Dm G Bb F C
It crys aloud for the fall of the rain
Dm Am
And ever sifting sea of dust
Bb Gm Am
That knows no mecry shows no trust
Dm Am Bb
A sunbaked waste for a scorpion's domain
Verse 2
Gm Am
The dunes they rise the dunes they fall
Bb Dm
Marching forth to conqueor all
Am Bb Dm
That have no mind to move out of their way
Bb F
The man who turns heart away
A A7 Bb
From Jesus Christ the King
F
Is as a desert
Verse 3
G7 Bb Dm
His sand is made of faith in earthly things
Bb Am
His hopes become mirages
Bb Gm
And his heart grows cold and cruel
A7
And when a man enthrones himself as King
Bb C Dm Bb C F
Then His master is a fool
Chorus
C Gm Dm
The desert can move into a garden filled with fruits
Bb F G
The King of Peace can fall in a holy storm
F C Gm Dm
His sand can turn to clay for the potter's hands to shape
D# Bb C
Yes the deserts of the heart can be transformed
C7 Dm C F Bb Gm Am Dm G Bb C#7
If you open your heart to the Lord
Outro
F# C# G#m D#m
The desert can move into a garden filled with fruits
B F# G#m C#
The King of Peace can call in a holy storm
F# C# G#m D#m
His sand can turn to clay for the potter's hands to shape
E B C#
Yes the deserts of the heart can be transformed
C#7 D#m F# B
If you open open your heart to the Lord
G#m C# D#m C# B F# B
Open your heart to the Lord
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