Key: A major
Intro 1
C
Am
Em
Am
Em
C
Bb
G
Verse 1
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Em
C
I met you in the saddle
Am
Em
Rode you in the dust
Am
Em
Held your hand to the heavens
C
Bb
G
Pulled your heart to the earth
C
There was something that
Am
Blinded me more than the mist
Em
Am
Em
And the breath of the cottonwood
F
Buds lighter yet
Verse 2
F
Am
And you rode the maypole
Em
of dance hall legs
Am
Em
And galloped to another's embrace
F
And I bit the flowers from
G
Em
C
your wrist corsage
Dm
Am
You waltzed too slowly
Dm
Am
Too slowly you waltzed
Bb
With that girl from Widow's
Grove
G
Em
Verse 3
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C
G
C
Oh I'd follow you to the
G
river
C
G
C
G
That washes out to the sea
C
Through the wind through
Dm
G
Em
C
The rain of a cold dark night
Dm
G
C
That's where I'll be
Interlude 1
G
C
G
C
Verse 4
C
Em
Near the breath of a swallow
Am
Em
The petals dropped as you fell
Am
And you grabbed me then shyly
Em
C
Bb
G
Held me against the stone cold well
C
In your hand was a glass
Am
Em
C
You held the ice against the night
Am
Em
And it dripped and it sparkled
C
F
And I laughed a wish
Verse 5
F
Am
Before it all slipped down
Em
The dark tunneled well
Am
I heard it melt quietly
Em
And I looked at you
F
Bent to the earth with
G
C
Just one pleading wish
Dm
Your skirts brushed to
Am
Bb
The furious pounding
G
Verse 6
C
G
C
G
I'd follow you to the river
C
G
C
That washes out to the sea
Through the wind through
Dm
G
Em
C
The rain of a cold dark night
Dm
G
C
That's where I'll be
Interlude 2
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Em
C
Am
C
Am
C
Bb
G
C
Am
C
Am
C
Bb
G
C
G
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G
C
G
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G
C
Dm
G
C
Dm
G
C
G
C
G
I hid in the
Verse 7
C
Em
elm and raised the bough
Am
Em
That hung even with your neck
Am
Em
C
And I chased you and drowned you
Bb
Bbm
G
There deep in the well
C
And when your mouth was full and wet
Am
Em
C
I swallowed all your reckless fate
Am
Em
And with your last breath
C
Bb
You moaned too drunk to wake
G
Verse 8
C
G
C
G
I'd follow you to the river
C
G
C
G
That washes out to the sea
C
Through the wind through
Dm
G
C
The rain of a cold dark night
Dm
G
C
That's where I'll be
Outro 1
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Dm
G
C
Dm
G
C
G
C
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C
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