Lonely River Rhine (2) chords by Bobby Helms

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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 (D major) It was spring
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in Munich on the Rhine  (A major) 
I was lonesome for the
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love I'd left be (D major) hind
So I stole what happiness
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my heart could find  (G major) 
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From a German  (A major) girl there on the river  (D major) Rhine
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She thought I was free right from the start  (A major) 
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I said love words like an actor plays his part  (D major) 
Till one day I knew amid
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them from the heart  (G major) 
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I'd found for (A major) eign love
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there on the river ride  (D major) 
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In the cold  (G major) and the lonely river ride  (D major) 
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Lies,  (A major) my little darling, my fro  (D major) line
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When she learned  (G major) I had a wife
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From the bank  (D major) she took her life
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I lost  (A major) her to the lonely river
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 (D major) ride  (G major)  (A major) 
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When at last I had to leave her  (A major) side,
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It was hard for me to tell her how I'd  (D major) lied.
The morning papers told
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how she had died  (G major) 
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They were searching  (A major) for
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her in the river Rhine  (D major) 
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In the cold  (G major) and lonely river Rhine  (D major) 
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Lies  (A major) my little darling, my Fraulein  (D major) 
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When she learned  (G major) I had a wife
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From the bank  (D major) she took her life
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I lost  (A major) her to the lonely river  (D major) ride