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PEAKS AND VALLEYS
R. DAWSON & S. FINK

In the land of the snowy mountains
The tattered flags are there up above
Around the Stag are the Black Hat Dancers
Turquoise and gold; a Tibetan dove

There was a grandchild of Genghis Khan
He rode to the valley before the thaw
Snow fell on those Devils Horsemen  
No one really knows where they are

Venus greets the morning sky
Just behind the mountain five miles high
Voices meet the frozen fog
On the way to Lhasa from Shangri La

From the hills on their journey
They’ll find their way, the youngest sons
It won’t take long with minds so open
Behold the light and they’ve just begun

Yellow silk, the drums and the trumpets
A great debate and clapping hands
They packed their tents and beads of coral
As they wondered that forbidden land

Venus greets the morning sky
Just behind the mountain five miles high
Voices meet the frozen fog
On the way to Lhasa from Shangri La

A thousand rooms with a thousand windows
They sit upon the roof of the world
Bend a bow, send the flaming arrows
Cast the treasures as the waters swirl
 
A long time ago there was an army
Brought a storm, they came down hard
In the night the people tell the stories
By their warm fires under the stars

Venus greets the morning sky
Just behind the mountain five miles high
Voices meet the frozen fog
On the way to Lhasa from Shangri La

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Instruments and Vocals: Steven Fink

Intro:

D    Am      G    D

D    Am      G    D

D    C    G/B

F    C    G

Dm    Am      G    D

Dm    Am      G    D

Am     G    D

 

Dm            Am      

In the land of the snowy mountains

 

G            D

The tattered flags are there up above

 

Dm            Am

Around the Stag are the Black Hat Dancers

 

G            D

Turquoise and gold; a Tibetan dove



 

Dm            Am

There was a grandchild of Genghis Khan

 

G            D

He rode to the valley before the thaw

 

Dm            Am

Snow fell on those Devils Horsemen  

 

G            D

No one really knows where they are

 

C    G/B


 

Am            G            D

Venus greets the morning sky

 

Am        G        D

Just behind the mountain five miles high

 

        C          G/B

Voices meet the frozen fog

 

F            C                G       

On the way to Lhasa from Shangri La

 

Dm            Am

From the hills on their journey

 

G            D

They’ll find their way, the youngest sons

 

Dm            Am

It won’t take long with minds so open

 

G            D

Behold the light and they’ve just begun


 

Dm            Am

Yellow silk, the drums and the trumpets

 

G                        D

A great debate and clapping hands

 

Dm                        Am

They packed their tents and beads of coral

 

G                            D

As they wandered that forbidden land

 

C    G/B

 

Am        G        D

Venus greets the morning sky

 

Am        G        D

Just behind the mountain five miles high

 

        C          G/B

Voices meet the frozen fog

 

F            C            G       

On the way to Lhasa from Shangri La


 

D                    Am

A thousand rooms with a thousand windows

 

G                D

They sit upon the roof of the world

 

D                    Am

Bend a bow, send the flaming arrows

 

G                D

Cast the treasures as the waters swirl

 

Dm                Am

A long time ago there was an army

G                D

Brought a storm, they came down hard

 

Dm                Am

In the night the people tell their stories

 

G                D

By the warm fires under the stars

 

C    G/B


 

    Am            G        D

Venus greets the morning sky

 

Am        G        D

Just behind the mountain five miles high

 

        C          G/B

Voices meet the frozen fog

 

F            C            G       

On the way to Lhasa from Shangri La

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