C Some of us turn off the lights and we live F And the moonlight shooting by C Some of us scare ourselves to death in the dark G To be where the angels fly C Pretty maids all in a row lined up F Outside my cabin door C I've never wanted any of them wanting me C G C Except the girl from the Red River Shore C Well, I sat by her side and for a while I tried F To make that girl my wife C She gave me her best advice and she said G Go home and lead a quiet life C Well, I been to the east and I been to the west F And I been out where the black winds roar C Somehow though I never did get that far C G C With the girl from the Red River Shore C Well, I knew when I first laid eyes on her F I could never be free C One look at her and I knew right away G She should always be with me C Well, the dream dried up a long time ago F Don't know where it is anymore C True to life, true to me C G C Was the girl from the Red River Shore C Well, I'm wearing the cloak of misery F And I've tasted jilted love C And the frozen smile upon my face G Fits me like a glove C Well, I can't escape from those memories F Of the one that I'll always adore C All those nights, when I lay in the arms C G C Of the girl from the Red River Shore C Well, we're living in the shadows of a fading past F Trapped in the fires of time C I'd tried not to ever hurt anybody G And to stay out of a life of crime C And when it's all been said and done F I never did know the score C One more day is another day away C G C From the girl from the Red River Shore C Well, I'm a stranger here in a strange land F But I know this is where I belong C I'll ramble and gamble for the one I love G And the hills will give me a song C Though nothing looks familiar to me F I know I've stayed here before C Once, a thousand nights ago C G C With the girl from the Red River Shore C Well, I went back to see about her once F Went back to straighten it out C Everybody that I talked to had seen us there G Said they didn't know who I was talking about C Well, the sun went down on me a long time ago F I had to go back from the door C I wish I could have spent every hour of my life C G C With the girl from the Red River Shore C Now I heard of a guy who lived a long time ago F A man full of sorrow and strife C That if someone around him died and was dead G He knew how to bring 'em on back to life C Well, I don't know what kind of language he used F Or if they do that kind of thing anymore C Sometimes I think nobody saw me here at all C G C Except the girl from the Red River Shore
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