Townes Van Zandt - Texas River Song Chords

capo 2, 3/4 time

   C
We crossed the wild Pecos
   F            C
We forded the Nueces
    C
We swum the Guadalupe
       G
And we followed the Brazos
    C
Red River runs rusty
    F       C
The Wichita clear
    C
And down by the Brazos
  G          C
I courted my dear


C       F     
Li, li, le, le
C            G
Lend me your hand
C       F
Li, li, le, le
G            C
Lend me your hand
C           F
Li, li, li, le, le, le
C            G
Lend me your hand
G                G
For the Trinity's muddy
G              C
And the Brazos quicksand

C
Now the fair Angelina
F            C
Runs glossy and gliding
C
The crooked Colorado
G
Runs weaving and winding
C
The slow San Antonio
F            C
Courses the plains
C
But never will I walk
G             C
By the Brazos again

C         F
Li, li, le, le, le
C         G
Lend me your hand
C         F
Li, li, li, le, le, le
G         C
Lend me your hand
C         F
Li, li, li, le, le, le
C         G
Lend me your hand
G         G
For the Trinity's muddy
G         C
And the Brazos quicksand

C
She kissed me and she hugged me
F               C
And she called me her dandy
C
The Trinity's muddy
G
But the Brazos quicksandy
C
She kissed me and she hugged me
F              C
And she called me her own
C
But down by the Brazos
G            C
She left me alone

C         F
Li, li, le, le, le
C         G
Lend me your hand
C         F
Li, li, li, le, le, le
G         C
Lend me your hand
C          F
Li, li, li, le, le, le
C           G
Lend me your hand
G           G
But down by the Brazos
G           C
She left me alone

C
Well the girls of Little River
F                       C
They're plump and they're pretty
C
The Sabine and the Sulphur
G
Have beauties a many
C
The banks of the Neches
F                    C
There's girls by the score
C
But down by the Brazos
G              C
I'll wander no more

Li, li, li, le...