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Red River Valley

Traditional

Strum Pattern

B       d   u   B       d    u

1  +   2   +   3   +   4   +    

    D (6)

From this valley they say you are going

                                                                  A7 (2)

We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile

              D (2)                             G (2)

For they say you are taking the sunshine

               A7 (2)                                  D (2)

That has brightened our pathways awhile 

                D (6)

I’ve been thinking a long time, my darling

                                                            A7 (2)

Of the sweet words you never would say

           D (2)                                      G (2)

Now, alas, must my fond hopes all vanish

               A7 (2)                     D (2)

For they say you are going away

CHORUS

               D (6)

They will bury me where you have wandered

                                                      A7 (2)

Near the hills where the daffodils grow

                     D (2)                                G (2)

When you’re gone from the Red River Valley

                  A7 (2)                  D (2)

For I can’t live without you I know

CHORUS