Prayer In Open D

[Verse 1]
                           G
There's a valley of sorrow in my soul
                                      D
Where every night I hear the thunder roll
                          A7
Like the sound of a distant gun
                              D
Over all the damage I have done
 
 
[Verse 2]
                                G
And the shadows filling up this land
                                 D
Are the ones I built with my own hand
                             A7
There is no comfort from the cold
                                D
Of this valley of sorrow in my soul
 
 
[Verse 3]
                                    G
There's a river of darkness in my blood
                                  D
And through every vein I feel the flood
                               A7
I can find no bridge for me to cross
                              D
No way to bring back what is lost
 
 
[Verse 4]
                           G
Into the night it soon will sweep
                              D
Down where all my grievances I keep
                           A7
But it won't wash away the years
                             D
Or one single hard and bitter tear
 
 
[Verse 5]
                            G
And the rock of ages I have known
                           D
Is a weariness down in the bone
                               A7
I used to ride it like a rolling stone
                     D
Now I just carry it alone
 
 
[Verse 6]
                                G
There's a highway risin' from my dreams
                            D
Deep in the heart I know it gleams
                             A7
For I have seen it stretching wide
                          D
Clear across to the other side
 
 
[Verse 7]
                          G
Beyond the river and the flood
                                    D
And the valley where for so long I've stood
                           A7
With the rock of ages in my bones
                               D
Someday I know it will lead me home.