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 fillin' up this land
 Are the ones I built with my own hands
 There is no comfort from the cold
 Of this valley of sorrow in my soul
 There's a river of darkness in my blood
 Through every vein, I feel the flood
 I can find no bridge to cross
 No way to bring back what was lost
 Into the night, it's always sweet
 Down where all my grievances I keep
 But it won't wash away the years
 A one single heart and bitter tear
 In the rock of ages I have known
 Is a weariness down in my bones
 Used to ride it like a rolling stone
 Now I just carry the load
 There's a highway rising 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 stood
 With the rock of ages in my bones
 Someday, I know it will lead me home