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Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 22:16:45 +0100
From: Andrew Lyon 
Subject: e/evans_sara/the_week_the_river_raged.crd


The Week the River Raged
Written by: Sara Evans/John Bettis/Jim Rushing
CD: Sara Evans - Three Chords and the Truth
From: Andrew@lyonap.force9.co.uk

C (x32010@1)                                                               FThe (133211@1)River ran through Howard County, it was the life blood of the land
        C (x32010@1)                             GIt (320003@1)made fields of green tobacco, aching backs and callused hands
     C (x32010@1)                                FMama (133211@1)talked of a coming battle that the womenfolk had to fight
           G (320003@1)                                  F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C
'Cause the good Lord owned the daytime, but the Devil seemed to own the
night

C (x32010@1)                                                    FWell (133211@1)it came up out of nowhere, from a dark and bitter seed
           C (x32010@1)                              GIt (320003@1)was the roughest kind of roadhouse and a most unwanted weed
            C (x32010@1)                              FIt (133211@1)drew the menfolk like a magnet, the women knew what they had to do
        G (320003@1)                                       F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)       CSo (x32010@1)they put it in the hands of Jesus, 'cause they knew that he'd come
through

CAnd (x32010@1)the rains came and the river swelled
        G (320003@1)                       CAnd (x32010@1)the more they prayed the more it fell
C (x32010@1)                                     GWhen (320003@1)the levies broke everybody saw the awesome power of God
         C (x32010@1)                                        G (320003@1)              CThen (x32010@1)the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came to bring a brighter day

                C (x32010@1)                              G (320003@1)              C'Cause (x32010@1)when the flood hit Howard County, all the sins were washed away

C (x32010@1)                                                        FNow (133211@1)the mothers tell the story, of the week that the river raged
       C (x32010@1)                          GIt's (320003@1)a passing of the wisdom to the ears of a tender age
C (x32010@1)                                         FBetter (133211@1)walk the straight and narrow, better keep a watchful eye
                 G (320003@1)                                    F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G      C'Cause (x32010@1)there's a symbol of the wrath of heaven in every dark cloud in
the sky


C'Cause (x32010@1)the rains came and the river swelled
        G (320003@1)                       CAnd (x32010@1)the more they prayed the more it fell
C (x32010@1)                                     GWhen (320003@1)the levies broke everybody saw the awesome power of God
         C (x32010@1)                                        G (320003@1)              CThen (x32010@1)the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came to bring a brighter day

                C (x32010@1)                              G (320003@1)              C'Cause (x32010@1)when the flood hit Howard County, all the sins were washed away

         C (x32010@1)                                        G (320003@1)              CThen (x32010@1)the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came to bring a brighter day

                C (x32010@1)                              G (320003@1)              C'Cause (x32010@1)when the flood hit Howard County, all the sins were washed away
              C (x32010@1)                              G (320003@1)              CYes, (x32010@1)when the flood hit Howard County, all the sins were washed away