VALLEY OF DESPAIR©
written & performed
by Danny Ray Thomas
 

VERSE 1

                D                                         G                  D
There's a valley in the west, with a history of despair.
                                                               E                          A
Forty-Niners tried to cross her, some met their maker there.
             D                                                   G                             Bm
For the desert wanted more, than most hardy souls could give.
      G                             D                            A                      D
For here a man would have to prove, he had a right to live.

CHORUS:

           Gbm                Bm
Death Valley, Death Valley.
         D
Your rocky peaks and furnace heat,
      E                             A
Are worrisome to my soul.
           D                     Bm
Death Valley, Death Valley.
         D
Your poisoned water and treacherous sink,
                 A                   D
Make me weary to the bone.


(Repeat CHORUS)

VERSE 2

                D                                                            G                   D
From the top of Last Chance Mountain, to Bad Water far below.
                                                                              E                     A
From the Panamints to the Funerals, this land took a heavy toll.
             D                                                    G                            Bm
For the desert wanted more, than most hardy souls could give.
      G                              D                           A                       D
For here a man would have to prove, he had a right to live.

CHORUS:

           Gbm                Bm
Death Valley, Death Valley.
         D
Your rocky peaks and furnace heat,
      E                             A
Are worrisome to my soul.
           D                     Bm
Death Valley, Death Valley.
         D
Your poisoned water and treacherous sink,
                 A                    D
Make me weary to the bone.

         D
Your poisoned water and treacherous sink,
                 A                    D        G       D
Make me weary to the bone.