Lonesome Dove

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Lonessome Dove
By: Garth Brooks
G
She was a girl on a wagon train
C G D G
headed west a-cross the plains.
Em C D
The train got lost in a summer storm.
Em C D
They coudln't move west and they couldn't go home
G
Then she saw him ridin' through the rain.
C G D G
He took charge of the wagons and he saved the train.
Em C D
And she looked down and her heart was gone.
Em C D G
The train went west but she stayed on in Lonesome Dove.
G
A farmer's daughter with a gentle hand,
C G D G
A blooming rose in a bed of sand.
Em C D
She loved the man who wore a star,
Em C D
A Texas Ranger known near and far.
G
So they got married and they had a child.
C G D G
But times were tough and West was wild.
Em C D
So it was no surprise the day she learned
Em C D D G
That her Texas man would not return, to Lonesome Dove.
Chorus:
Em G C G D/F#
Back to back with the Rio Grande, a Christian woman in the devil's land.
Em Bm
She learned the language and she learned to fight, but she
C Am D
never learned how to beat the lonely nights,
D G D G
In Lonesome Dove, Lonesome Dove
Verse 3:
G
She watched her boy grow into a man.
C G D G
He had an angel's heart and the devil's hand.
Em C D
He wore his star for all to see.
Em C D
He was a Texas lawman legacy.
G
Then one day word blew into town.
C G D G
It seemed the man that shot his father down
Em C D
Had robbed a bank in Jericho.
Em C D
Tho only thing 'tween them and Mexico
D G
Was Lonesome Dove.
Verse 4:
G
The shadows stretched across the land
C G D G
As the shots rang out down the Rio Grande.
Em C D
And when the smoke had finally cleared the street,
Em C D
The men lay at the ranger's feet.
G
But legend tells to this very day
C G D G
That shots were comin' from an alleyway.
Em C D
Though no one knows who held the gun,
Em C D
There ain't no doubt if you ask someone
D G
In Lonesome Dove.
Chorus:
Em G C G D/F#
Back to back with the Rio Grande, a Christian woman in the devil's land.
Em Bm
She learned the language and she learned to fight, but she
C Am D
never learned how to beat the lonely nights,
D G D G
In Lonesome Dove, Lonesome Dove

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Lonessome Dove
By: Garth Brooks
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Lonesome Dove Chords by Garth Brooks

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