C
When she woke up
                       G
She knew what she was gonna do that day
             Am
The wedding ring was burning a hole in the drawer
             F
She had to throw that thing away.
       C
So she pulled it from the dresser
     G
And tucked it in her purse
          Am
What was once her greatest blessing
       F
Had become her deepest hurt


[Verse 2]
                C
She drove that honda past the memories
          G
of their bittersweet romance
     Am
The parking lot where they first kissed
     F
The pool hall where they danced
     C
And way out to that country church
G
high up on the ridge
           Am
Where she walked down clutching the ring in her hand
           F
and stood crying on the bridge


[Chorus]
                    C
Out of the river, it came
                     G
Back to the river it goes
                       Am
Falling down with the rain
                       F
To the water grey and cold
                   C
A miner must have panned it
                       G
A jeweler shaped the gold
                     Am      F
Out of the river, it came
                      C      F
Back to the river it goes


[Verse 3]
             C
There was an old man on the bank
               G
who stood and watched her from afar
    Am
a single silent witness
        F
to the baring of her heart
              C
and with the black mascara rain
G
streaming down her face
           Am
a fallen angel spreads her broken wings
    F
to fly back up to grace as her past is washed away


[Chorus]
                    C
Out of the river, it came
                     G
Back to the river it goes
                       Am
Falling down with the rain
                       F
To the water grey and cold
                   C
A miner must have panned it
                       G
A jeweler shaped the gold
                     Am       F
Out of the river, it came
                      C       F
Back to the river it goes

[Outro]
     C
When she woke up
                       G
She knew what she was gonna do that day
             Am
The wedding ring was burning a hole in the drawer
             F
She had to throw that thing away