The Week the River Raged Sara Evans [C]The River ran through Howard County, it was the life blood of the [F]land It made [C]fields of green tobacco, aching [G]backs and callused hands Mama [C]talked of a coming battle that the [F]womenfolk had to fight [G] [F][G] [C]'Cause the good Lord owned the daytime, but the Devil seemed to own the night [C]Well it came up out of nowhere, from a dark and bitter [F]seed It was the [C]roughest kind of roadhouse and a [G]most unwanted weed It drew the [C]men (allcountrytabs.com)