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Lonessome Dove
By: Garth Brooks
GShe was a girl on a wagon train
Cheaded Gwest a-crosDs the Gplains.
The Emtrain got lost in a suCmmer Dstorm.
They Emcoudln't move west and they Ccouldn't go Dhome
Then she saw him Gridin' through the rain.
He took Ccharge of the waGgons and he Dsaved the Gtrain.
And Emshe looked down and her Cheart was Dgone.
The Emtrain went west but she Cstayed on Din LoneGsome Dove.
GA farmer's daughter with a gentle hand,
CA bloomGing rose in Da bed of Gsand.
She Emloved the man who Cwore a Dstar,
A TexEmas Ranger known Cnear and Dfar.
So they got marGried and they had a child.
But Ctimes were Gtough and DWest was Gwild.
So Emit was no surprise the Cday she Dlearned
That Emher Texas man would not CreDturn, to DLoneGsome Dove.
Chorus:
BEmack to back with the GRio Grande, a CChristian woman in the dGevil's D/F#land.
She Emlearned the language and she Bmlearned to fight, but she
Cnever learned how to beat the Amlonely nights,D  
In DLoneGsome Dove, DLoneGsome Dove
Verse 3:
GShe watched her boy grow into a man.
CHe had an Gangel's heart and Dthe devil's Ghand.
He Emwore his star for Call to Dsee.
He Emwas a Texas Clawman legaDcy.
Then one day Gword blew into town.
It Cseemed the Gman that Dshot his Gfather down
Had Emrobbed a bank in CJericDho.
Tho Emonly thing 'tween them Cand MexiDco
Was DLoneGsome Dove.
Verse 4:
GThe shadows stretched across the land
CAs the shots Grang out down the DRio GGrande.
And Emwhen the smoke had Cfinally cleared the Dstreet,
The Emmen lay at the Cranger's Dfeet.
But legend Gtells to this very day
That Cshots were Gcomin' from an DalleyGway.
Though Emno one knows who Cheld the Dgun,
There Emain't no doubt if you Cask someDone
In DLoneGsome Dove.
Chorus:
BEmack to back with the GRio Grande, a CChristian woman in the dGevil's D/F#land.
She Emlearned the language and she Bmlearned to fight, but she
Cnever learned how to beat the Amlonely nights,D  
In DLoneGsome Dove, DLoneGsome Dove
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