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