Tuning: E A D G B E

[Intro] |(G) |(D) |(G) |(D) |(D) |(D) |(Bm)(A)|(D) |(D) - - - [Verse]

From ^DPalo Duro Canyon outside ^GAmarillo ^ATexas The ^Dprairie dog town fork of the ^GRed River ^Aflows ^DHeaded cross the plains along the ^Gcoast of Okla- ^Ahoma To the ^DMississippi river and the ^GGulf of ^AMexi- ^Dco

My ^Dgreat grand daddy came to that ^GRed river ^Aline And ^Dcamped on the north side, un- ^Gtil it was ^Atime To ^Dcross or to stay, to be ^Gsooner or ^Dnot Well he ^Dheaded south to San Antone, they ^Gsaid he ^Aliked it ^Dhot

[Chorus]

Red ^GRiver I ^Dknow you, I ^Gknow you of ^Dold You have ^Dfilled ^D/C#up my ^Bmpockets ^Awith ^Gquicksand and ^Agold ^DSu- ^Gsanna oh Su- ^Dsanna ^Gwhen it comes my ^Dtime Won't you ^Dbur- ^D/C#y me ^Bmsouth ^Aof that ^GRed ^Ariver ^Dline

[Solo] |(G) |(D) |(G) |(D) |(D)(D/C#)|(Bm)(A)|(G) |(A) | |(G) |(D) |(G) |(D) |(D)(D/C#)|(Bm)(A)|(G)(A)|(D) |(D)

Now ^Dhere's to Charlie Goodnight and ^GMr Loving ^Dtoo And ^Dhere's to Coronado, the Co- ^Gmanche and the ^Ablues ^DHere's to the bootleggers and the ^Goil field ^Dcrews ^DHere's to the one and all of us ^GRed ^Ariver ^Dfools

[Chorus]

^DSu- ^Gsanna oh Su- ^Dsanna ^Gwhen it comes my ^Dtime Please ^Dbur- ^D/C#y me ^Bmsouth ^Aof that ^GRed ^Ariver ^Dline

[Outro] |(G) |(D) |(G) |(D) |(D)(D/C#)|(Bm)(A)|(G)(A)|(D)

Guy Clark - Red river