using the standard tuning conventions: 

       D5    Bb5    F5     C5
  | -----1-----1-----1-----0----- | 
  | -----3-----3-----1-----1----- | 
  | -----2-----3-----2-----0----- | 
  | -----0-----3-----3-----2----- | 
  | -----------1-----3-----3----- | 
  | -----------------1----------- | 


[Intro]
D5       Bb5       F5        C5     (repeat)

D5        Bb5
lost in a windswept land

F5             C5
in a world of shifting sand

D5        Bb5            F5       C5
a fragile flower stands apart

D5                Bb5
and there in that barren ground

F5                        C5
you feel like you're the only one

D5        Bb5                      F5      C5
trying to serve Him with all your heart

        D5      Bb5     F5                 C5
and you wonder, wonder can you last much longer

D5                 Bb5
this cloud you are under

F5             C5
will it cover you


[Chorus]

       D5           Bb5
desert rose, desert rose

          F5               C5
don't you worry, don't be lonely

       D5            Bb5
heaven knows, heaven knows

     F5             C5
in a dry and weary land

         Bb5
a flower grows

           F5     C5   Bb5
His desert rose

       D5     Bb5     F5      C5
desert rose



D5        Bb5
sometimes holiness

F5             C5
can seem like emptiness

D5                Bb5                     F5       C5
when you feel the whole world's laughing eyes

D5            Bb5
but if it's a lonely day

F5                  C5
know you're on the Father's way

D5      Bb5                F5    C5
He will hear you when you cry

            D5        Bb5
and He will hold you, hold you

F5                C5
your Father will hold you

D5                Bb5
He will love you, love you

F5                  C5
for the things you do

[Repeat chorus]