{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":67944,"song":"The Week The River Raged","artist":"Sara Evans","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/67944-the-week-the-river-raged-chords-by-sara-evans/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/67944?type=chord","rating":0.13426,"votes":0,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#\r\n#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#\r\n\r\nDate: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 22:16:45 +0100\r\nFrom: Andrew Lyon <Andrew@lyonap.force9.co.uk>\r\nSubject: e/evans_sara/the_week_the_river_raged.crd\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Week the River Raged\r\nWritten by: Sara Evans/John Bettis/Jim Rushing\r\nCD: Sara Evans - Three Chords and the Truth\r\nFrom: Andrew@lyonap.force9.co.uk\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe River ran through Howard County, it was the life blood of the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt made fields of green tobacco, aching backs and callused hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMama talked of a coming battle that the womenfolk had to fight[/tab]\r\n           [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause the good Lord owned the daytime, but the Devil seemed to own the[/tab]\r\nnight\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWell it came up out of nowhere, from a dark and bitter seed[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was the roughest kind of roadhouse and a most unwanted weed[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt drew the menfolk like a magnet, the women knew what they had to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo they put it in the hands of Jesus, 'cause they knew that he'd come[/tab]\r\nthrough\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the rains came and the river swelled[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the more they prayed the more it fell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the levies broke everybody saw the awesome power of God[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came to bring a brighter day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause when the flood hit Howard County, all the sins were washed away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow the mothers tell the story, of the week that the river raged[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's a passing of the wisdom to the ears of a tender age[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBetter walk the straight and narrow, better keep a watchful eye[/tab]\r\n                 [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause there's a symbol of the wrath of heaven in every dark cloud in[/tab]\r\nthe sky\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause the rains came and the river swelled[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the more they prayed the more it fell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the levies broke everybody saw the awesome power of God[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came to bring a brighter day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause when the flood hit Howard County, all the sins were washed away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen the clouds rolled back and the rainbow came to bring a brighter day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause when the flood hit Howard County, all the sins were washed away[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYes, when the flood hit Howard County, all the sins were washed away[/tab]","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#\n#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#\n\nDate: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 22:16:45 +0100\nFrom: Andrew Lyon \nSubject: e/evans_sara/the_week_the_river_raged.crd\n\n\nThe Week the River Raged\nWritten by: Sara Evans/John Bettis/Jim Rushing\nCD: Sara Evans - Three Chords and the Truth\nFrom: Andrew@lyonap.force9.co.uk\n\n\n\n\n           G                                    F               G\n\nnight\n\n\n\n\n\nthrough\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                 G                                      F\n\nthe sky","chords":["C","F","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}