Biography:
The Civil Wars were an American musical duo composed of singer-songwriters Joy Williams and John Paul White. After releasing a live-performance album and a four-song EP, their full-length album Barton Hollow was released in 2011. The band won the Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance and Best Folk Album in 2012.
Williams and White met in 2008, during a song-writing session or "writing camp" at a music studio in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Other songs:
- 20 Years
- Barton Hollow
- Between The Bars
- Birds Of A Feather
- Cest La Mort
- Dance Me To The End Of Love
- Devils Backbone
- Disarm
- Dust To Dust
- Falling
- Forget Me Not
- From This Valley
- Girl With The Red Balloon
- I Had Me A Girl
- I've Got This Friend
- If I Didn't Know Better
- Kingdom Come
- Poison And Wine
- Sour Times
- The Girl With The Red Balloon
- Tip Of My Tongue
- To Whom It May Concern
- C’est La Mort
- Devil’s Backbone
- Eavesdrop
- I’ve Got This Friend
- The One That Got Away
- You Are My Sunshine
- Billie Jean
- Go
- Goodbye Girl
- I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
- I Want You Back
- If I Didnt Know Better
- Ive Got This Friend
- Lily Love
- O Come O Come Emmanuel
- Oh Henry
- One That Got Away
- Sacred Heart
- Same Old Same Old
- Tell Mama
- Tracks In The Snow
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[Verse]
B
Oh, the desert dreams of a river
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that will run down to the sea
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like my heart longs for an ocean
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to wash down over me.
[Chorus]
E B
Oh, won't you take me from this valley
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to that mountain high above?
B F#
I will pray, pray, pray
G#m E
until I see your smiling face.
B F#
I will pray, pray, pray
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to the one I love.
[Verse]
B
Oh, the outcast dreams of acceptance,
F# B
just to find pure love's embrace
B
like an orphan longs for his mother.
F# B
May you hold me in your grace.
[Chorus]
E B
Oh, won't you take me from this valley
E F#
to that mountain high above?
B F#
I will pray, pray, pray
G#m E
until I see your smiling face.
B F#
I will pray, pray, pray
B
to the one I love.
[Bridge]
B
Oh, the caged bird dreams of a strong wind
E B
that will flow 'neath her wings.
B
Like a voice longs for a melody,
F# B
oh, Jesus carry me.
[Chorus]
E B
Oh, won't you take me from this valley
E F#
to that mountain high above?
B F#
I will pray, pray, pray
G#m E
until I see your smiling face.
B F#
I will pray, pray, pray
B
to the one I love.
[Outro]
B F#
I will pray, pray, pray
G#m E
until I see your smiling face.
B F#
I will pray, pray, pray
B
to the one I love.
B
[Verse]
B
Oh, the desert dreams of a river
F# B
that will run down to the sea
B
like my heart longs for an ocean
F# B
to wash down over me.
[Chorus]
E B
Oh, won't you take me from this valley
E F#
to that mountain high above?
B F#
I will pray, pray, pray
G#m E
until I see your smiling face.
B F#
I will pray, pray, pray
B
to the one I love.
[Verse]
B
Oh, the outcast dreams of acceptance,
F# B
just to find pure love's embrace
B
like an orphan longs for his mother.
F# B
May you hold me in your grace.
[Chorus]
E B
Oh, won't you take me from this valley
E F#
to that mountain high above?
B F#
I will pray, pray, pray
G#m E
until I see your smiling face.
B F#
I will pray, pray, pray
B
to the one I love.
[Bridge]
B
Oh, the caged bird dreams of a strong wind
E B
that will flow 'neath her wings.
B
Like a voice longs for a melody,
F# B
oh, Jesus carry me.
[Chorus]
E B
Oh, won't you take me from this valley
E F#
to that mountain high above?
B F#
I will pray, pray, pray
G#m E
until I see your smiling face.
B F#
I will pray, pray, pray
B
to the one I love.
[Outro]
B F#
I will pray, pray, pray
G#m E
until I see your smiling face.
B F#
I will pray, pray, pray
B
to the one I love.
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