Wild Ripplin’ Waters chords by Michael Martin Murphey

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Verse 1
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As  (D major) I was out walkin' and
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 (A major) ramblin' one day
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 (D major) I spied a fair couple a -comin' my way  (A major) 
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One  (D major) was a lady as fair as could  (A major) be
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And the other  (B minor) was  a  (G major) cowboy
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and a  (A major) brave one was  (D major) he
He said, where are you going,
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my pretty  (A major) fair maid (D major) ?
Just down by the river,
just down by the shade
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 (A major) Just  (D major) down by the river,
just down by the spring
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 (A major) To see the  (B minor) wild rippling wa (G major) ter
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and hear the  (A major) nightingale  (D major) sing
Well they hadn't been
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there but an  (A major) hour or  (D major) so
Till he drew from his satchel
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a fiddle and a  (A major) bow
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He  (D major) tuned his old fiddle
all on the high string
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 (A major) And he  (B minor) played this tune
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 (G major) over and  (A major) over again  (D major) 
Then said the cowboy,
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I  (A major) should have been gone
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 (D major) No, no, said the pretty maid,
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just play one more  (A major) song
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I'd  (D major) rather hear the fiddle
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just played on one  (A major) string
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Than see the wild  (B minor) rippling wa (G major) ter
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and hear  (A major) the nightingale
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 (D major) sing  (A major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) you