Intro: A A4 (3x)  D 

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 At the foot of yon mountain, where the big river flows, there's 
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 a fond creation and a soft wind that blows. 
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 There lives a fair maiden, she's the one I adore. She's the one 
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 I will marry on the Red River shore. 


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 She wrote me a letter. She wrote it so kind and in that letter 
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 these words you will find. 
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 "Come back to me, darling, you're the one I adore. You're 
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 the one I will marry on the Red River shore. 


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 I jumped on my bronco and away I did ride  
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 to marry my true loveon the Red River side. 
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 But her pa knew the secret and with twenty and four  
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 come tofight this young cowboy on the Red River shore. 


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 I grabbed my six shooter, spun 'round and 'round 'til six men 
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 were wounded and seven were down. 
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 I can't fight an army of twenty and four  
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 when I'm bound for my true love on the Red River shore. 


D        A 
 At the foot of yon mountain, where the big river flows, there's 
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 a fond creation and a soft wind that blows. 
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 And there lives a fair maiden, she's the one I adore, 
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 but never will marry on the Red River shore