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She Sang the Red River Valley
By: P. Bennett

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At general delivery, she picks up her mail, Mama says Johnny just got out of jail
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She hopes he don't know where she's at, How could she had ever loved that kind of cat

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She remembers the dance in the moonlight       From the hall to the back of his car
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He taught her how to drink whiskey     Three chords on a pawnshop guitar

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She remembers the first time he kissed her     Back when the feeling was new
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She sang the Red River Valley         For the cowboy who loved her so true

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She's working each night at what she knows best    Hanging in bars a professional guest
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She picks up a young buckaroo       Because he reminds her of someone she knew

Instrumental Break
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Telephone rings off the hook by her bed     The other ends Johnny with a gun to his head
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Said you always looked good in black     The next thing she heard was a bone chilling crack

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She pulled into town just at sunrise     Mama had strong coffee on
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Said "You know he's always been crazy     Its best for us all that he's gone"

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So at the request of the family          Service was held for a few
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She sang the Red River Valley          For the cowboy who loved her so true

    C                       D                 G                              C             D               G
She remembers the dance in the moonlight       From the hall to the back of his car
 G                                    C               D                 C9(riff 1)    G
He taught her how to drink whiskey     Three chords on a pawnshop guitar

         C                  D                  G          C                       D                G
She remembers the first time he kissed her     Back when the feeling was new
 G                                    C               D                 C9(riff 1)    G
She sang the Red River Valley       For the cowboy who loved her so true