Chords for Red River Shore

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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] Some of us turn off the lights and we live in _
[F#] _ _ [E] the moonlight that's shooting by
[A]
And _ _ some of us give ourselves to [E] death in the dark to _ _ be where the angels [B] fly
_ _ _ [E] Pretty maids all in a row lined up [F#] _ _ _ [E] outside my cabin [A] door
_ [E] _ [A] I never wanted any of them [E] wanting me _ except a girl from the Red River Shore
I _ _ _ _ _ _ sat by her side for a while and I tried to [F#] _ _ [E] _ make that girl my [A] wife
[E] She [A] _ gave me her best advice [E] and she said, _ _ _ just go home and lead a quiet [B] life
_ _ Well I'm [E] into the East and I'm into the West _ _ _ _
Been out where the black [A] winds roar
[E] _ _
_ [A] Somehow I never did get [E] that far _
With a girl [B] from the Red River Shore
[E] _
_ _ _ _ _ When I first laid my eyes on her _ _ _ _ _
I could never [A] be free _
One look at her and I knew right [E] away _ _ _
_ She would always be with [B] me
Well that dreamed right up a long time ago _ _ _
_ I don't know where it is [A] anymore _
_ _ True to life and [E] true to me
_ Was a girl from [B] the Red River [E] Shore
[F#] Well _ [E] _ _ _ [B] I'm [E] wearing the cloak of misery _ _ _ _ _
I've tasted jilted [A] love _ _
And a frozen smile upon [E] my face
Fits _ _ me like [B] a glove
And [E] I can't escape from the memory
Of _
_ [B] _ [E] the one I always [A] will adore
_ _ All those nights when I lay [E] in the arms
_ Of the girl from [B] the Red River [E] Shore _ _ _ _ _ _
Well we're living in the shadows of a fading past _ _ _
_ Trapped in the fires of [A] time _
_ I try not to ever [E] hurt anybody _
_ _ And stay out of a life of [B] crime _
_ _ [E] When it's all been said and done _
_ _ _ I never did know [A]
the score
One more day is another [E] day away
_ From the girl [B] from the Red [E] River Shore _ _ _ _ _ _
I'm a stranger here in a [B] strange land
[E] I _ _ _ know this is where I [A] belong _
I'll _ [E] ramble and gamble for the one that I love
_ _ The hills will give me a [B] song _
_ _ [E] Though nothing looks familiar to me
I _ _ know I've stayed [A] here before
_ _ _ Once a thousand [E] nights ago
_ With the girl [B] from the Red River [E] Shore _ _ _ _ _
Well I went back to see about her once _ _ _ _
_ Went back to straighten it [A] all out _
_ _ Everybody that I talked [E] to had seen her stare
Said they didn't know who I [B] was talking about
Well the [E] sun went down on me a long time ago
I've _ _ had to [G#m] pull back from the [A] door
_ _ _ Wish I could have spent every [E] hour of my life
With the girl [B] from the Red [E] River Shore _ _ _ _ _ _
Now I've heard of a guy who lived a long time ago
_ [B] _ _ _
A man full of sorrow [A] and [E] strife
He [A] said that if anyone around [E] him died and was dead
_ He knew how to bring them back [B] to life _
Well I don't [E] know what kind of language that he used _ _
_ _ Or if they do that kind of thing anymore
[A] _
_ _ Sometimes I think nobody [E] ever saw me here at all
Said the girl [B] from the Red [E] River Shore
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] Now I've heard of a guy who lived a long time ago
A [B] man [E] full of sorrow and _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] strife _ _ _ _
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_ He said that if anyone around him died and was dead
Well I don't know what kind of language that he used _ _ _ _ _
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