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Key: D
πΈ Intro:
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πΈ Verse 1:
There's a valley of sorrow in my soul
Where every night I hear the thunder roll
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Like the sound of a distant gun
Over all the damage I have done
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πΈ Verse 2:
And the shadows filling up this land
Are the ones I built with my own hand
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There is no comfort from the cold
Of this valley of sorrow in my soul
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πΈ Verse 3:
There's a river of darkness in my blood
And through every vein I feel the flood
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I can find no bridge for me to cross
No way to bring back what is lost
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πΈ Verse 4:
Into the night it soon will sweep
Down where all my grievances I keep
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But it won't wash away the years
Or one single hard and bitter tear
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πΈ Verse 5:
And the rock of ages I have known
Is a weariness down in the bone
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I used to ride it like a rolling stone
Now I just carry it alone
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πΈ Verse 6:
There's a highway risin' from my dreams
Deep in the heart I know it gleams
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For I have seen it stretching wide
Clear across to the other side
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πΈ Verse 7:
Beyond the river and the flood
And the valley where for so long I've stood
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With the rock of ages in my bones
Someday I know it will lead me home
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Published: January 27, 2023
Last Updated: May 5, 2026