Red River Valleys Run Dry chords by Kayla Ray

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
A

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

For a man that don’t come around

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

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

Verse 3:
      A
Momma said he was happy

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

She was ironin’ and sweepin’

And softly singing her song

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

Instrumental:
E D E A D E A E D E F#m D E A E A

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

Verse 5:
      A
Don’t take time to judge me

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

But I can hear as if she were here

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

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

Outro:
E A E