Red River Shore chords by The New Christy Minstrels

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Verse 1
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At the foot of
Long Mountain,
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where the clear waters flow,
The greatest creation,
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where the soft winds do blow,
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There lived a fair maiden,
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she's the one I adore,
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She's the one I will marry
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on the Red River shore.
I asked her old father
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if he'd give her to me
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No, sir, she can't marry,
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no cowboy, said he
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So he jumped on his bronco
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and away he did ride
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Leaving his true love
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on the Red River side
She wrote him a letter
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and she wrote it so kind
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And in this letter
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these words you could find
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Come back to me, darling,
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you're the one I adore
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You're the one I will marry
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on the Red River shore
So I jumped on my bronco
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and away I did ride
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To marry my true love
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by the Red River side
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But her father found out,
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and with twenty and four
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Came to fight that young cowboy
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on the Red River shore
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I drew my six -shooter,
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spun round and around,
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Till six men were wounded
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and seven were down.
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No use for an army of twenty and four,
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I am bound for my true love
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on the Red River shore.