{t:Red River Valley}
{st:Traditional}
From this [C]valley they [G7]say you are [C]going [C]
I shall [C]miss your bright eyes and sweet [G7]smile [G7]
For a-[C]las you take [C7]with you the [F]sunshine [Dm]
That has [G]brightened my [G7]pathway a [C]while [G7]
{c:CHORUS:}
{soc}
Come and [C]sit by my [G7]side if you [C]love me [C]
Do not [C]hasten to bid me a-[G7]dieu [G7]
But re-[C]member the [C7]Red River [F]Valley [Dm]
And the [G]girl who has [G7]loved you so [C]true [C]
{eoc}
For this [C]long, long [G7]time I have [C]waited [C]
For the [C]words that you never would [G7]say [G7]
But [C]now my last [C7]hope has [F]vanished [Dm]
When they [G]tell me that [G7]you’re going a-[C]way [C]
Oh, there [C]never could [G7]be such a [C]longing [C]
In the [C]heart of a white maiden's [G7]breast [G7]
As there [C]is in the [C7]heart that is [F]breaking [Dm]
With [G]love for the [G7]boy who came [C]west [G7]
{c:CHORUS:}
{soc}
Come and [C]sit by my [G7]side if you [C]love me [C]
Do not [C]hasten to bid me a-[G7]dieu [G7]
But re-[C]member the [C7]Red River [F]Valley [Dm]
And the [G]girl who has [G7]loved you so [C]true [C]
{eoc}
When you [C]go to your [G7]home by the [C]ocean [C]
May you [C]never forget the sweet [G7]hours [G7]
That we [C]spent in the [C7]Red River [F]Valley [Dm]
Or the [G]vows we ex-[G7]changed 'mid the [C]bowers [C]
Will you [C]think of the [G7]valley you're [C]leaving? [C]
Oh, how [C]lonely and dreary 'twill [G7]be! [G7]
Will you [C]think of the [C7]fond heart you're [F]breaking [Dm]
And be [G]true to your [G7]promise to [C]me? [G7]
{c:CHORUS:}
{soc}
Come and [C]sit by my [G7]side if you [C]love me [C]
Do not [C]hasten to bid me a-[G7]dieu [G7]
But re-[C]member the [C7]Red River [F]Valley [Dm]
And the [G]girl who has [G7]loved you so [C]true [C]
{eoc}
The dark [C]maiden's [G7]prayer for her [C]lover [C]
To the [C]spirit that rules o'er the [G7]world; [G7]
His [C]pathway with [C7]sunshine may [F]cover [Dm]
Leave his [G]grief to the [G7]Red River [C]girl [G7]
{c:CHORUS:}
{soc}
Come and [C]sit by my [G7]side if you [C]love me [C]
Do not [C]hasten to bid me a-[G7]dieu [G7]
But re-[C]member the [C7]Red River [F]Valley [Dm]
And the [G]girl who has [G7]loved you so [C]true [C]↓
{eoc}

{t:Red River Valley}
