D C
At general delivery, she picks up her mail,
G D G
Mama says Johnny just got out of jail
D7
She hopes he don't know where she's at,
C9 G
How could she had ever loved that kind of cat
C D
She remembers the dance in the moonlight
G C D G
From the hall to the back of his car
G
He taught her how to drink whiskey
C D C9 G
Three chords on a pawnshop guitar
C D
She remembers the first time he kissed her
G C D G
Back when the feeling was new
G
She sang the Red River Valley
C D C9 G
For the cowboy who loved her so true
D C
She's working each night at what she knows best
G D G
Hanging in bars a professional guest
D7
She picks up a young buckaroo
C9 G
Because he reminds her of someone she knew
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D C
Telephone rings off the hook by her bed
G D G
The other ends Johnny with a gun to his head
D7
Said you always looked good in black
C9 G
The next thing she heard was a bone chilling crack
C D
She pulled into town just at sunrise
G C D G
Mama had strong coffee on
G
Said "You know he's always been crazy
C D C9 G
Its best for us all that he's gone"
G
So at the request of the family
C G D
Service was held for a few
G
She sang the Red River Valley
C D C9 G
For the cowboy who loved her so true
C D
She remembers the dance in the moonlight
G C D G
From the hall to the back of his car
G
He taught her how to drink whiskey
C D C9 G
Three chords on a pawnshop guitar
C D
She remembers the first time he kissed her
G C D G
Back when the feeling was new
G
She sang the Red River Valley
C D C9 G
For the cowboy who loved her so true
