White Heart- Desert Rose
                  from the album "Power House"
  Words and Music by Mark Gersmehl, Billy Smiley, and Rick Florian

using the standard tuning conventions:

Dm (xx0231@1)  Bb (x1333x@1)  F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)|-----1-----1-----1-----0-----|
 |-----3-----3-----1-----1-----|
 |-----2-----3-----2-----0-----|
 |-----0-----3-----3-----2-----|
 |-----------1-----3-----3-----|
 |-----------------1-----------|

[Intro]
Dm (xx0231@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)   (repeat)

Dm (xx0231@1)      Bblost (x1333x@1)in a windswept land

F (133211@1)           Cin (x32010@1)a world of shifting sand

Dm (xx0231@1)      Bb (x1333x@1)          F (133211@1)     Ca (x32010@1)fragile flower stands apart

Dm (xx0231@1)              Bband (x1333x@1)there in that barren ground

F (133211@1)                      Cyou (x32010@1)feel like you're the only one

Dm (xx0231@1)      Bb (x1333x@1)                    F (133211@1)    Ctrying (x32010@1)to serve Him with all your heart

Dm (xx0231@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)   F (133211@1)               Cand (x32010@1)you wonder, wonder can you last much longer

Dm (xx0231@1)               Bbthis (x1333x@1)cloud you are under

F (133211@1)           Cwill (x32010@1)it cover you

[Chorus]

Dm (xx0231@1)         Bbdesert (x1333x@1)rose, desert rose

F (133211@1)             Cdon't (x32010@1)you worry, don't be lonely

Dm (xx0231@1)          Bbheaven (x1333x@1)knows, heaven knows

F (133211@1)           Cin (x32010@1)a dry and weary land

Bba (x1333x@1)flower grows

F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1) BbHis (x1333x@1)desert rose

Dm (xx0231@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)   F (133211@1)    Cdesert (x32010@1)rose



Dm (xx0231@1)      Bbsometimes (x1333x@1)holiness

F (133211@1)           Ccan (x32010@1)seem like emptiness

Dm (xx0231@1)              Bb (x1333x@1)                   F (133211@1)     Cwhen (x32010@1)you feel the whole world's laughing eyes

Dm (xx0231@1)          Bbbut (x1333x@1)if it's a lonely day

F (133211@1)                Cknow (x32010@1)you're on the Father's way

Dm (xx0231@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)              F (133211@1)  CHe (x32010@1)will hear you when you cry

Dm (xx0231@1)      Bband (x1333x@1)He will hold you, hold you

F (133211@1)              Cyour (x32010@1)Father will hold you

Dm (xx0231@1)              BbHe (x1333x@1)will love you, love you

F (133211@1)                Cfor (x32010@1)the things you do

[Repeat chorus]

Ron's Guitar Notes
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 Not much I can think of to comment on this song, as far as guitar goes.
 As far as the message... doesn't it speak to everyone?

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