Red River Valley Uke tab by Traditional American

Strumming pattern: d-du-u-du

C            G7          C
From this valley, they say you are going,
                                        G7
we will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile
         C           C7         F        Dm
For they say you are taking the sunshine,
         G              G7         C     G7
that has brightened our path for a while

         C         G7          C
Come and sit by my side if you love me,
                        G7
do not hasten to bid me adieu
      C          C7        F      Dm
But remember the Red River Valley,
        G          G7            C
and the cowboy who loved you so true

          C            G7          C
Won't you think of the valley you're leaving,
                                G7
oh, how lonely, how sad it will be.
         C            C7                F        Dm
Will you think of the fond heart you're breaking,
        G             G7         C
and the grief you are causing to me

         C         G7          C
Come and sit by my side if you love me,
                        G7
do not hasten to bid me adieu
      C          C7        F      Dm
But remember the Red River Valley,
        G          G7            C
and the cowboy who loved you so true

          C            G7          C
As you go to your home by the ocean,
                                 G7
may you never forget those sweet hours
        C            C7        F      Dm
That we spent in the Red River Valley,
        G          G7              C       G7      
and the love we exchanged 'mid the flowers

         C         G7          C
Come and sit by my side if you love me,
                        G7
do not hasten to bid me adieu
      C          C7        F      Dm
But remember the Red River Valley,
        G          G7            C
and the cowboy who loved you so true