Sara Evans – The Week The River Raged (Guitar)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 22:16:45 +0100 From: Andrew Lyon <[email protected]> Subject: e/evans_sara/the_week_the_river_raged.crd Written by: Sara Evans/John Bettis/Jim Rushing CD: Sara Evans - Three Chords and the Truth From: [email protected]
C                                                                 F
The River ran through Howard County, it was the life blood of the land

        C                               G
It made fields of green tobacco, aching backs and callused hands

     C                                  F
Mama talked of a coming battle that the womenfolk had to fight
G F G
C
'Cause the good Lord owned the daytime, but the Devil seemed to own the
night
C                                                      F
Well it came up out of nowhere, from a dark and bitter seed

           C                                G
It was the roughest kind of roadhouse and a most unwanted weed

            C                                F
It drew the menfolk like a magnet, the women knew what they had to do

        G                                         F         G         C
So they put it in the hands of Jesus, 'cause they knew that he'd come
through
C
And the rains came and the river swelled

        G                         C
And the more they prayed the more it fell

C                                       G
When the levies broke everybody saw the awesome power of God

         C                                          G                C
Then the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came to bring a brighter day

                C                                G                C
'Cause when the flood hit Howard County, all the sins were washed away

C                                                          F
Now the mothers tell the story, of the week that the river raged

       C                            G
It's a passing of the wisdom to the ears of a tender age

C                                           F
Better walk the straight and narrow, better keep a watchful eye
G F
G      C
'Cause there's a symbol of the wrath of heaven in every dark cloud in
the sky
C
'Cause the rains came and the river swelled

        G                         C
And the more they prayed the more it fell

C                                       G
When the levies broke everybody saw the awesome power of God

         C                                          G                C
Then the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came to bring a brighter day

                C                                G                C
'Cause when the flood hit Howard County, all the sins were washed away

         C                                          G                C
Then the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came to bring a brighter day

                C                                G                C
'Cause when the flood hit Howard County, all the sins were washed away

              C                                G                C
Yes, when the flood hit Howard County, all the sins were washed away