Biography:
Jars of Clay is a popular Christian alternative rock group formed while the band members attended Greenville College in Greenville, Illinois, United States in 1992. The group's sound has varied over the years as the band has experimented with pop, folk, rock, trip-hop, gospel, and hymnsong. Their self-titled album featured layered acoustic guitars over programmed trip-hop beats. The song "Flood" was the band's biggest crossover hit, and it hit #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as #12 on the Modern Rock chart.
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Other songs:
- Coffee
- Dead Man (carry Me)
- I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever
- Love Song For A Savior
- Oh My God
- Show You Love
- They'll Know We Are Christians
- Thou Lovely Source Of True Delight
- After The Fight
- Age Of Immature Mistakes
- All My Tears
- Amazing Grace
- Be Thou My Vision
- Benediction
- Boy On A String
- Boys Lesson One
- Can T Erase It
- Christmas For Cowboys
- Closer
- Collide
- Crazy Times
- Dead Man Carry Me
- Dig
- Fade To Grey
- Faith Enough
- Faith Like A Child
- Fall Asleep
- Famous Last Words
- Five Candles
- Flood
- Frail
- Ghost In The Moon
- God Will Lift Up Your Head
- Good Monsters
- He
- Headphones
- Hymn
- I Dont Want You To Forget
- I Need Thee Every Hour
- I Need You
- If I Stand
- Ill Fly Away
- Im Alright
- Inland
- Jealous Kind
- Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet
- Jesus I Lift My Eyes
- Left Undone
- Lesser Things
- Let Us Love And Sing And Wonder
- Lift Me Up
- Light Gives Heat
- Like A Child
- Liquid
- Little Drummerboy
- Loneliness And Alcohol
- Lonely People
- Love Came Down
- Love Came Down At Christmas
- Love In Hard Times
- Love Me
- Love Song For A Saviour
- Mirrors And Smoke
- Much Afraid
- My Heavenly
- Needful Hands
- No One Loves Me Like You
- Nothing But The Blood
- O Little Town Of Bethlehem
- On Jordans Stormy Banks
- On Jordans Stormy Banks I Stand
- Only Alive
- Overjoyed
- Peace Is Here
- Portrait Of An Apology
- Reckless Forgiver
- River Constantine
- Rose Colored Stain Glass Window
- Sad Clown
- Save My Soul
- Scenic Route
- Shelter
- Sinking
- Sleepers
- Something Beautiful
- Sunny Days
- Take Me Higher
- Tea And Sympathy
- The Chair
- The Eleventh Hour
- The Stone
- There Is A River
- There Might Be A Light
- These Ordinary Days
- Theyll Know We Are Christians
- Two Hands
- Unforgetful You
- Valley Song
- Waiting For The World To Fall
- Water Under The Bridge
- We Will Follow
- Weighed Down
- Work
- Worlds Apart
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There is a River by Jars Of Clay
Note: I put G/Am in the song, this is wrong but works.
It’s actually just a half G.
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(Let these chords ring at the start)
F C
There is a river that washes you clean
F C
There is a tree that marks the places you've been
Am D
Blood that was spilled, although not your own,
(Start strumming on the A minor)
Am F C
For all of your tears, are the wages for things you have done
C Am
And all of those nights
F G
Spent alone in the darkness of your mind
F Em Am G/Am
Give it up, Let go
F G
These are things you were never meant to shoulder
F C
There is a river that washes you clean
F C
There is a tree that marks the places you've been
Am D
Blood that was spilled, although not your own
F G
For all of those tears, love will atone
Am
So, give up the right
F C
To control the waves that empty out your life
Am
Above wild skies
F G
Are the rays that break the shadows we design
F Em Am G/Am
Give it up, let go
F Em Am G/Am
These are things you were never meant to shoulder
F G
Give it up, let go
F C
There is a river that washes you clean
F C
There is a tree that marks the places you've been
Am D
Blood that was spilled, although not your own
F G
For all of those tears, love will atone
F Em Am
I know the world can turn in different ways
F Em Am
Most of the time, we're simply hanging on
F Em Am
And under the signs of how we all behave
F G
We might find the place where we belong
F Em Am G/Am (3x) F G
F C
There is a river that washes you clean
F C
There is a tree that marks the places you've been
Am D
Blood that was spilled, although not your own
F C
For all of these things, love will atone
F C
For all of those nights, that you cried all alone
F C
For all of your tears, love will atone
Note: I put G/Am in the song, this is wrong but works.
It’s actually just a half G.
|---x---|
|---x---|
|---0---|
|---0---|
|---2---|
|---3---|
(Let these chords ring at the start)
F C
There is a river that washes you clean
F C
There is a tree that marks the places you've been
Am D
Blood that was spilled, although not your own,
(Start strumming on the A minor)
Am F C
For all of your tears, are the wages for things you have done
C Am
And all of those nights
F G
Spent alone in the darkness of your mind
F Em Am G/Am
Give it up, Let go
F G
These are things you were never meant to shoulder
F C
There is a river that washes you clean
F C
There is a tree that marks the places you've been
Am D
Blood that was spilled, although not your own
F G
For all of those tears, love will atone
Am
So, give up the right
F C
To control the waves that empty out your life
Am
Above wild skies
F G
Are the rays that break the shadows we design
F Em Am G/Am
Give it up, let go
F Em Am G/Am
These are things you were never meant to shoulder
F G
Give it up, let go
F C
There is a river that washes you clean
F C
There is a tree that marks the places you've been
Am D
Blood that was spilled, although not your own
F G
For all of those tears, love will atone
F Em Am
I know the world can turn in different ways
F Em Am
Most of the time, we're simply hanging on
F Em Am
And under the signs of how we all behave
F G
We might find the place where we belong
F Em Am G/Am (3x) F G
F C
There is a river that washes you clean
F C
There is a tree that marks the places you've been
Am D
Blood that was spilled, although not your own
F C
For all of these things, love will atone
F C
For all of those nights, that you cried all alone
F C
For all of your tears, love will atone
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