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- Desert Prayer (A Song to Save the Great Salt Lake)
- Lyrics and music by Isabel Gardener
- In the song, I am playing a baritone ukulele (half-octave below a standard tenor uke) which is also tuned down a half step, resulting in a key of Eb minor. Of course, depending on your vocal range, any ukulele should do for this song, but one with a low G string is recommended.
- --VERSE 1--
- Am C
- As I walk down the hill
- D Am
- All the world slips into a standstill
- G F C
- As a soft breeze on my face
- Dm E
- Lets me know this is the place
- Am C
- Lake of salt, fields of white
- D Am
- Diamond dust shimmers in the moonlight
- G F G
- Oh my God, strengthen my faith
- Asus - A
- And my sight
- Am F G Am
- So when the last lily blossom has vanished from the land
- F G C
- And all the arches have fallen down
- G Am F G C
- Oh, when the mighty Uintas have crumbled into sand
- Dm E
- Who will know this was sacred ground?
- --CHORUS--
- F C G Am
- Oh, let me go down to where the rivers flow
- F C G
- From their home in the mountains far away
- F C G Am
- Saline eyes, help the water level rise
- Dm E Am
- As I wander the desert, I pray
- --VERSE 2--
- Am C
- All this pain I've been through
- D Am
- I survived, though I never meant to
- G F C
- Like a stone cut from the mount
- Dm E
- What was lost will surely be found
- Am C
- Give it space, give it time
- D Am
- Broken hearts can be cured in cold brine
- G F G
- Lift the veil off of your light
- Asus - A
- Let it shine
- Am F G Am
- So if the last silver gull flies in search of warmer air
- F G C
- And if our mother the Lake runs dry
- G Am F G C
- Then in the dust of the earth I will build a temple there
- Dm E
- Like the prophets of old, I will cry:
- --CHORUS--
- F C G Am
- Oh, let me go down to where the rivers flow
- F C G
- From their home in the mountains far away
- F C G Am
- Saline eyes, help the water level rise
- Dm E Am
- As I wander the desert, I pray
- --BRIDGE - OPTIONAL SOLO--
- F G Em Asus
- F G C G
- F G Em Asus
- Dm ... E ...
- --VERSE 3--
- Am C
- As I find my way home
- D Am
- Cleansed and baptized under the seafoam
- G F C
- Hear my song, hearken my prayer
- Dm E
- While there's still time left to spare
- Am C
- Lay your hands on my head
- D Am
- And we'll be blessed and anointed
- G F G
- Beneath a sky dappled in orange
- Asus - A
- And red
- Am F G Am
- So now we must be courageous and fight until the end
- F G C
- Live every moment for what it's worth
- G Am F G C
- And like the waters of old we will someday rise again
- Dm E
- For we are the salt of the earth
- --CHORUS--
- F C G Am
- Oh, let me go down to where the rivers flow
- F C G
- From their home in the mountains far away
- F C G Am
- Saline eyes, help the water level rise
- Dm E Am
- As I wander the desert, I pray
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