C
Some of us turn off the lights and we live
                            F
And the moonlight shooting by
                                 C
Some of us scare ourselves to death in the dark
                       G
To be where the angels fly
C
Pretty maids all in a row lined up
                F
Outside my cabin door
                              C
I've never wanted any of them wanting me
           C                 G     C
Except the girl from the Red River Shore


[Verse 2]
 C
Well, I sat by her side and for a while I tried
                      F
To make that girl my wife
                                  C
She gave me her best advice and she said
                         G
Go home and lead a quiet life
        C
Well, I been to the east and I been to the west
                              F
And I been out where the black winds roar
                           C
Somehow though I never did get that far
         C                 G     C
With the girl from the Red River Shore


[Verse 3]
 C
Well, I knew when I first laid eyes on her
                  F
I could never be free
                         C
One look at her and I knew right away
                      G
She should always be with me
    C
Well, the dream dried up a long time ago
                       F
Don't know where it is anymore
                  C
True to life, true to me
        C                 G     C
Was the girl from the Red River Shore


[Verse 4]
  C
Well, I'm wearing the cloak of misery
                       F
And I've tasted jilted love
                           C
And the frozen smile upon my face
                  G
Fits me like a glove
        C
Well, I can't escape from those memories
                       F
Of the one that I'll always adore
                               C
All those nights, when I lay in the arms
       C                 G     C
Of the girl from the Red River Shore


[Verse 5]
   C
Well, we're living in the shadows of a fading past
                       F
Trapped in the fires of time
                         C
I'd tried not to ever hurt anybody
                            G
And to stay out of a life of crime
    C
And when it's all been said and done
                     F
I never did know the score
                         C
One more day is another day away
         C                 G     C
From the girl from the Red River Shore


[Verse 6]
  C
Well, I'm a stranger here in a strange land
                          F
But I know this is where I belong
                            C
I'll ramble and gamble for the one I love
                           G
And the hills will give me a song
       C
Though nothing looks familiar to me
                    F
I know I've stayed here before
                   C
Once, a thousand nights ago
         C                 G     C
With the girl from the Red River Shore


[Verse 7]
 C
Well, I went back to see about her once
                          F
Went back to straighten it out
                            C
Everybody that I talked to had seen us there
                                   G
Said they didn't know who I was talking about
          C
Well, the sun went down on me a long time ago
                       F
I had to go back from the door
                               C
I wish I could have spent every hour of my life
         C                 G     C
With the girl from the Red River Shore


[Verse 8]
   C
Now I heard of a guy who lived a long time ago
                             F
A man full of sorrow and strife
                              C
That if someone around him died and was dead
                                G
He knew how to bring 'em on back to life
          C
Well, I don't know what kind of language he used
                                F
Or if they do that kind of thing anymore
                               C
Sometimes I think nobody saw me here at all
           C                 G     C
Except the girl from the Red River Shore