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Sandyland

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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DCon't build your house on the sandyland.
DCon't build it too near to the shG7ore.
Well it mCight look kind of C7nice,
but you'll Fhave to build it twice.
Yes, you'll Chave to build your hG7ouse once mCore.
You better bCuild your house upon a rCock.F  C  
Make a gCood foundation on a G7solid rock,
and the sCtorms C7may Fcome and go,
but the pCeace of God yG7ou will knCow.
Basic strumming for the whole song:   
e|--A5-------------E5-------------D5-----------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------2-2-4-4----|
D|--2-2-4-4-------------------0-0-0-0----|
A|--0-0-0-0------2-2-4-4-----------------|
E|---------------0-0-0-0-----------------|
* = Strum Once 
A5Don't build your house on the sandyland.
Don't build it too near to the E5shore.
Well it A5might look kind of nice,
but you'll D5have to build it twice.
Yes, you'll A5have to build your E5house once A5more.
A5*        A5  
You better build your house upon a rock.
Make a good foundation on a E5solid rock,
and the A5storms may come and D5go,
                            A5  A5*
but the peace of God you will know.

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Sandyland

by Karen Lafferty

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Don't build your house on the sandyland.

C G7

Don't build it too near to the shore.

C C7

Well it might look kind of nice,

but you'll have to build it twice.

C G7 C

Yes, you'll have to build your house once more.

C C F C

You better build your house upon a rock.

C G7

Make a good foundation on a solid rock,

C C7 F

and the storms may come and go,

C G7 C

but the peace of God you will know.

Basic strumming for the whole song:

A5 E5 D5

e|---------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------2-2-4-4----|

D|--2-2-4-4-------------------0-0-0-0----|

A|--0-0-0-0------2-2-4-4-----------------|

E|---------------0-0-0-0-----------------|

* = Strum Once

Don't build your house on the sandyland.

Don't build it too near to the shore.

Well it might look kind of nice,

but you'll have to build it twice.

A5 E5 A5

Yes, you'll have to build your house once more.

A5 A5

You better build your house upon a rock.

Make a good foundation on a solid rock,

A5 D5

and the storms may come and go,

A5 A5

but the peace of God you will know.

About Sandyland Chords by Karen Lafferty

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