Red River Valleys Run Dry chords by Kayla Ray

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
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Verse 1:
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Born the orphan daughter of a well-known city man
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She had the smile of a woman the kind you all know
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From the scarlet side of town
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At 15 she ran, she stole out of Amarillo
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Just a clawin' for higher ground

For a man that don’t come around

Chorus:
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Oh but sometimes life ain’t kind
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And the Red River valleys run dry
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You can’t swim a dry river just like you can’t stop the tide
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Oh the Red River valleys run dry

Verse 2:
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In South Oklahoma she lay with a rigger
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When Summer was turning to Fall
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I was born in the Spring on a vinyl backseat
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Near the banks of the old Ouachita

Verse 3:
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Momma said he was happy

Daddy left when she had me
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He ran without talking at all
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While most would lie weepin’

She was ironin’ and sweepin’

And softly singing her song

Chorus:
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Sometimes life just ain’t kind
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And the Red River valleys run dry
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You can’t swim a dry river like you can’t stop the tide
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No the Red River valleys run dry

Instrumental:
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Verse 4:
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See I’m a product of leavin’
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The thought’s been conceived that for me to run would only be fair
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Well don’t it seem natural for me to take my guitar
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Tie honeysuckle all in my hair

Verse 5:
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Don’t take time to judge me

It barely affects me
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And most nights I’m too stoned to care
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Oh and Momma died happy bussin’ tables at Snappy's

But I can hear as if she were here

Chorus:
  D MajorD     E MajorE     A augmentedA
Oh sometimes life ain’t kind
    D MajorD     E MajorE      A augmentedA
And the Red River valleys run dry
     D MajorD     E MajorE          F# minorF#m
You can’t swim a dry river just like you can’t stop the tide
    D MajorD     E MajorE      A augmentedA
Oh the Red River valleys run dry

Reprise:
   D MajorD     E MajorE          F# minorF#m
Can’t swim a dry river just like you can’t stop the tide
    D MajorD     E MajorE      A augmentedA
No the Red River valleys run dry

Outro:
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