Prayer In Open D

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