{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1895678,"song":"Red River Rose","artist":"Red Steagall","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11423769-red-river-rose-chords-by-red-steagall/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1895678?type=chord","rating":0.0705,"votes":0,"content":"RED RIVER ROSE\r\nRed Steagall\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch] \r\nOn a fence line north of Estelline, strangest sight I ever seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas a note tied with a ribbon to a rollin’ tumbleweed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBrazos tossed his head and shied, the weed got caught up on the wire [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI stepped down from my saddle horse and gave that note a read[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLines that were written in a fair woman’s hand[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTold of her life and the loss of her man[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt’s her heart and her hopes she has cast in the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd it’s me that old tumbleweed chose[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo find Red River Rose[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBy the time I’d built a fire that night I’d memorized every line[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd felt the silent tear drops that had fallen on that note[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I heard a lonesome coyote cry and it was then I realized[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRose and this ol’ cowboy had been too long alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLines that were written in a fair woman’s hand[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTold of her life and the loss of her man[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt’s her heart and her hopes she has cast in the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd it’s me that old tumbleweed chose[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo find Red River Rose[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn the north side of the prairie dog in a dug-out faced with cedar logs[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas a woman in a cotton dress the color of the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       \r\nShe said the man she loved had died so to keep her occupied[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe tied notes to the tumbleweeds and trusted them to God[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLines that were written in a fair woman’s hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTold of her life and the loss of her man[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt’s her heart and her hopes she has cast in the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd it’s me that old tumbleweed chose[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo find Red River Rose[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Final Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gm[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn a cedar cabin ‘neath the canyon wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe’d light a fire and watch the snowflakes fall[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI’m glad it’s me that old tumbleweed chose[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo find Red River Rose, I love my Red River Rose[/tab]","plain_text":"RED RIVER ROSE\nRed Steagall\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Final Chorus]","chords":["C","F","G","Am","Gm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}