Tom: C
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
