Red River Valley (Canadian Folk, Public Domain)

[Instrumental Intro] [Chords: |E| - |B7| - |E7| - |A|] [Driving 80s bassline enters, synth arpeggios] [Verse 1] [E] From this valley they [B7] say you are [E] Going I shall miss your bright eyes and sweet [B7] smile, For [E] alas you [E7] take with the [A] sunshine That [E] has brightened my [B7] pathway [E] awhile. [Chorus] [E] Come and sit by my [B7] side if you [E] love me, Do not hasten to bid me [B7] adieu. But [E] remember the [E7] Red River [A] Valley And the [E] girl who has [B7] loved you so [E] true. [Synth Solo] [Verse 2] For this long, long [B7] time I have [E] waited For the words that you never would [B7] say, But [E] now my last [E7] hope has [A] vanished When they [E] tell me you’re going away. [Chorus 2] [E] When you go to your [B7] home by the [E] ocean May you never forget the [B7] sweet hours That we [E] spent in the [E7] Red River [A] Valley Or the [E] vows we [B7] exchanged mid the [E] bowers. [Verse 3] Will you think of the [B7] valley you’re [E] leaving? Oh, how lonely and dreary [B7] ’twill be! Will you [E] think of the [E7] fond heart you’re [A] breaking And be [E] true to your promise to me. [Chorus 3] [E] The dark maiden’s [B7] prayer for her [E] lover To the spirit that [B7] rules o’er the world His [E] pathway with [E7] sunshine may [A] cover Leave his [E] grief to the [B7] Red River [E] girl. [Outro] There could [B7] never be such a [E] longing In the heart of a white [B7] maiden’s breast As dwells [E] in the heart [E7] you are [A] breaking With love [E] for the boy who came west. [Fade out, echoing vocals] [End]