Week The River Raged chords by Sara Evans

Chords with lyrics

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The River ran through Howard County, it was the life blood of the land
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It made fields of green tobacco, aching backs and callused hands
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Mama talked of a coming battle that the womenfolk had to fight
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'Cause the good Lord owned the daytime, but the Devil seemed to own the
night

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Well it came up out of nowhere, from a dark and bitter seed
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It was the roughest kind of roadhouse and a most unwanted weed
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It drew the menfolk like a magnet, the women knew what they had to do
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So they put it in the hands of Jesus, 'cause they knew that he'd come
through

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And the rains came and the river swelled
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And the more they prayed the more it fell
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When the levies broke everybody saw the awesome power of God
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Then the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came to bring a brighter day

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

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Now the mothers tell the story, of the week that the river raged
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It's a passing of the wisdom to the ears of a tender age
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Better walk the straight and narrow, better keep a watchful eye
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'Cause there's a symbol of the wrath of heaven in every dark cloud in
the sky


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'Cause the rains came and the river swelled
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And the more they prayed the more it fell
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When the levies broke everybody saw the awesome power of God
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Then the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came to bring a brighter day

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

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

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