Red River Valley / Campfire Reprise chords by Michael Martin Murphey

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (A major)  (F sharp minor)  (A major)  (D major) From this valley
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they say you  (A major) are going,  (D major) 
I shall miss your bright eyes
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and sweet  (A major) smile.
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They say  (D major) that  (A major) you're
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 (D major) taking the sun (G major) shine
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That  (E minor)  (A major) has brightened
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our pathway a  (D major) while  (A major) 
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 (D major) Come and sit by my side if  (A major) you love  (D major) me
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Do not hasten to bid  (A major) me adieu
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But remem (D major) ber the  (A major)  (D major) Red River  (G major) Valley
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And  (E minor)  (A major) the cowboy
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who loves you so  (D major) true  (G major) 
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 (D major) I've  (A major) been thinking  (D major) a long time,  (A major) 
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my  (D major) darling
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Of the sweet words you never  (A major) would say
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Now alas,  (D major) all  (A major)  (D major) my fond
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hopes have van (G major) ished
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They  (E minor)  (A major) say, you're going away  (D major) 
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Shall the vows of the past all  (A major) be slighted
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 (D major) By a future of sorrow  (A major) and pain?
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Shall the  (D major) vows of the past all
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be  (G major) blighted?  (E minor) 
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Don't  (A major) you think you might love me again?  (D major)  (G major) 
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 (D major) Come  (A major) an (D major) d  sit by my
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side if  (A major) you love  (D major) me
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Do not hasten to bid  (A major) me adieu,
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Just  (D major) re member the Red River Val (G major) ley,
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 (E minor) And  (A major) the cowboy who loves you so  (D major) true.
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There was a  (A major) hole called Red Saloon
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in old Lavaca town.  (D major) 
There was an old piano there
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that was  (A major) blistered marred and brown.  (F sharp minor)  (A major) 
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 (D major) And there was  (A major) a man more battered  (D major) still,
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tak (G major) in' drinks for fees.  (E minor) 
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 (A major) Cause he played all night from memory
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over  (D major) the yellow keys
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Whore  (A major) of a wheel,  (D major) slap of cards,
talk of loss and gain
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Mixed with  (A major) the sound of hon (D major) eybees
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down  (A major) the sunny lane
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 (D major) The glimpses of a mother's face,
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 (G major) the touch of girlish lips,  (E minor) 
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of (A major) ten made you lose your place
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as  (D major) you stacked your chips.
And for days and days,
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you'd hone just  (A major) one little scrap  (D major) of tune.
A funny place for music,
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down  (A major) in Red Saloon.  (D major) 
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 (G major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (F sharp minor)  (D major) 
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Come and sit by  (A major) my  (D major) side if  (A major) you love  (D major) me
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Do not hasten to bid me adieu  (A major) 
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Just re (D major) member the Red River Val (G major) ley
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 (E minor) An (A major) d  the cowboy who loves you so true  (D major) 
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And the  (A major) cowboy who loves
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you so  (D major) true  (G major)  (D major) 
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We must  (G major) never let him
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 (A major) take this life  (D major) from me
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Old  (B minor)  (G major) stock roads be
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 (A major) long to one and all  (D major) 
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 (G major) Drovers, dreamers,  (A major) all agree,
poets, aborigines,
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we have a  (E minor) right to light
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a campfire on the  (D major) road.
We have a right to light
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a campfire on the  (D major) road.
Oh, oh, Yeah!
Come on, DC!
Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo!
Woo! Woo! Woo! Woo!