Back To The River

C G Am G F 2x 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 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 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 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 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 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