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      Red River Valley

 

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G Diatonic Harmonica

    3      4     5     5     5      5      -4    5    -4    4
From this val- ley they say  you are go- ing,

 3     4      5      4        5        6      -5       5     -4
We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile.

  6    -5      5     5    -4    4    -4    5     6      -5
For they say you are tak- ing the sun- shine

  -6    -6      6         -7     7     -8         8    -7      7
That has bright- ened our path- ways  a- while

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C Diatonic Harmonica (playing in key of G)

   -4     6    -7    -7    -7    -7    -6    -7   -6    6
From this val- ley they say  you are go- ing,

 -4    6     -7      6      -7      -8      7      -7       -6
We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile.

  -8    7     -7    -7   -6    6    -6    -7   -8      7
For they say you are tak- ing the sun- shine

   5     5      -4       *6      6    -6        -7    -6     6
That has bright- ened our path- ways  a- while

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* This note is not possible on a C Diatonic Harmonica. Play it blow 6.

 

Red River Valley

From this valley they say you are going
We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile
For they say you are taking the sunshine
That has brightened our pathways awhile

CHORUS

Come and sit by my side, if you love me
Do not hasten to bid me adieu
Just remember the Red River Valley
And the cowboy who loved you so true

I've been thinking a long time, my darling
Of the sweet words you never would say
Now, alas, must my fond hopes all vanish
For they say you are gong away

Do you think of the valley you're leaving
O how lonely and how dreary it will be
And do you think of the kind hearts you're breaking
And the pain you are causing to me

They will bury me where you have wandered
Near the hills where the daffodils grow
When you're gone from the Red River Valley
For I can't live without you I know