From: rickl1@ix.netcom.com To: alt.music.tabs Emmylou Harris Prayer In Open D written by Emmylou Harris Richard Bennett acoustic guitar Dave Hoffner organ Edgar Myers bass Grace Bahng cello Kris Wilkinson viola Connie Heard violin http://www.eminentrecords.com/ http://www.nashville.net/~kate/ D G There's a valley of sorrow in my soul D Where every night I hear the thunder roll A Like the sound of a distant gun D Over all the damage I have done G And the shadows filling up this land D Aew the ones I buildt with my own hand A There is no comfort from the cold D Of this valley of sorrow in my soul G There's a river of darkness in my blood D And thru every vein I feel the flood A There is no bridge for me to cross D No way to bring back what is lost G Into the night it soon will sweep D Down where all my grievances I keep A But it won't won't wash away the years D Or one single hard and bitter tear And the rock of ages I have known G D Is a weariness down in the bone A I use to ride it like a rolling stone D Now I just carry it alone G There's a highway risin from my dreams D Deep in the heart I know it gleams A For I have seen it stretching wide D Clear across to the other side G Beyond the river and the flood D And the valley where for so long I've stood A With the rock of ages in my bones D Someday I know it will lead me home From Emmylou Harris 'Cowgirl Prayers' Asylum Records 1993 Sorghum Records(ASCAP) From Emmylou Harris 'Spyboy' Eminent Records 1998