Emmylou Harris - Prayer In Open D

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there’s a valley of sorrow in my soul
D
where every night i hear the thunder roll
A
like the sound of a distant gun
D
over all the damage i have done
G
and the shadows filling up this land
D
are the ones i built with my own hand
A
there is no comfort from the cold
D
of this valley of sorrow in my soul

there’s a river of darkness in my blood
and through every vein i feel the flood
there is no bridge for me to cross
no way to bring back what is lost
into the night it soon will sweep
down where all my grievances i keep
but it won’t wash away the years
or one single hard and bitter tear

D
and the rock of ages i have known
is a weariness down in the bone
A
i use to ride it like a rolling stone
D
now i just carry it alone

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there’s a highway risin’ from my dreams
deep in the heart i know it gleams
for i have seen it stretching wide
clear on across to the other side
beyond the river and the flood
and the valley where for so long i’ve stood
with the rock of ages in my bones
someday i know it will lead me home

oh , oh , oh . . . .