The week the river Sara Evans
Lyrics and guitar chords
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The River ran through Howard County, it was the life blood of the F
landIt made
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fields of green tobacco, aching G
backs and callused handsMama
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talked of a coming battle that the F
womenfolk had to fightG
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'Cause the good Lord owned the daytime, but the Devil seemed to own thenight
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Well it came up out of nowhere, from a dark and bitter F
seedIt was the
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roughest kind of roadhouse and a G
most unwanted weedIt drew the
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menfolk like a magnet, the women F
knew what they had to doSo they
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put it in the hands of Jesus, 'cause they F
knew that G
he'd come C
through
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And the rains came and the river swelledAnd the
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more they prayed the more C
it fellC
When the levies broke everybody saw the G
awesome power of GodThen the
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clouds rolled back and the rainbow came to G
bring a brighter C
day'Cause when the
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flood hit Howard County, all the G
sins were washed C
awayC
Now the mothers tell the story, of the week that the river F
ragedIt's a
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passing of the wisdom to the G
ears of a tender ageC
Better walk the straight and narrow, better F
keep a watchful eyeG
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'Cause C
there's a symbol of the wrath of heaven in every dark cloud inthe sky
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'Cause the rains came and the river swelledAnd the
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more they prayed the more C
it fellC
When the levies broke everybody saw the G
awesome power of GodThen the
C
clouds rolled back and the rainbow came to G
bring a brighter C
day'Cause when the
C
flood hit Howard County, all the G
sins were washed C
awayThen the
C
clouds rolled back and the rainbow came to G
bring a brighter C
day'Cause when the
C
flood hit Howard County, all the G
sins were washed C
awayYes, when the
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flood hit Howard County, all the G
sins were washed C
away
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