"Shifting Sand"
By Caedmon's Call
Off the album "40 Acres"
Written by Aaron Tate
(C) 1999 Cumbee Road Music (admin. by Music Services)/ASCAP
>From Myron Marston (guitar_melosh@hotmail.com)

Down tune your guitar a half-step to: Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb

Chords:
   E  A2I   A2II  BsusI  BsusII  BsusIII  C#m7I  C#m7II
Eb-0---0-----0------0------0-------7--------0------0-----
Bb-0---0-----0------0------0-------0--------0------0-----
Gb-1---2-----6------4------8-------9--------6------9-----
Db-2---2-----7------4------9-------9--------6------11----
Ab-2---0-----7------2------9-------9--------4------11----
Eb-0-----------------------------------------------------

Intro:
E   BsusIII A2II   BsusII
E   BsusIII A2II   BsusII

Verse 1:keep playing intro
Sometimes I believe all the lies
So I can do the things I should despise
And everyday I am swayed
By whatever is on my mind

I hear it all depends on my faith
So I'm feeling precarious
The only problem I have with these mysteries
Is they're so mysterious

 C#m7       Bsus              E
And like a consumer I've been thinking
            A2I
If I could just get a bit more
 C#m7         Bsus               E
More than my fifteen minutes of faith
         A2I
Then I'd be secure

Chorus:
 E            A2I
My faith is like shifting sand
 C#m7I    BsusI   A2I
Changed by every wave
 E            A2I
My faith is like shifting sand
    C#m7I  BsusI  A2I
So I stand on grace

Verse 2:play intro again
I've begged you for some proof
For my Thomas eyes to see
A slithering staff, a leprous hand
And lions resting lazily

 C#m7              Bsus
A glimpse of your back-side glory
         E             A2I
And this soaked altar going ablaze
 C#m7   Bsus               E
But you know I've seen so much
        A2I
And I explained it away

Chorus

Bridge:
 BsusII
Waters rose as my doubts reigned
 A2II
My sand-castle faith it slipped away
 BsusII
Found myself standing on your grace
 A2II
It'd been there all the time

Chorus 2x
 A2
I stand on grace
 E