The Week the River Raged

( Sara Evans / John Bettis / Jim 
Rushing )


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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