I met ^Ayou in the saddle, I ^F#mrode you in the ^C#mdust Held your ^Ahand to the heavens, pulled your ^Gheart to the ^Eearth There was ^Asomething that blinded me ^F#mmore than the ^C#mmist The ^F#mbreath of the ^C#mcottonwood buds ^Dlighter yet And you ^F#mrode the maypole of ^C#mdance hall legs and ^F#mgalloped to another's em^C#mbrace And ^DI bit the flowers from ^Eyour wrist ^Acorsage ^BmYou waltzed too ^F#mslowly, too ^Bmslowly you ^F#mwaltzed With that ^Ggirl from Widow's ^EGrove

Near the ^Abreath of a ^C#mswallow, ^F#mpetals dropped as you ^C#mfell And you ^F#mgrabbed and shyly ^C#mheld me, against the ^Gstone cold ^Ewell In your ^Ahand was a glass, you held the ^F#mice against the ^Anight It ^F#mdripped and it ^C#msparkled and ^DI laughed a wish

Be^F#mfore it all slipped down the ^C#mdark tunneled well I ^F#mheard it melt quietly and ^C#mI looked at you ^DBent to the earth, with just ^Aone pleading wish Your ^Bmskirts brushed to the ^F#mfurious ^Gpounding ^E

Oh I'd ^Afollow ^Eyou to the ^Ariver ^E That ^Awashes ^Eout to the ^Asea ^{E E}Through the ^Awind, through the ^Bmrain of a ^Ecold dark ^Anight That's ^Bmwhere ^EI'll ^Abe

I hid in the ^Aelm and raised the ^C#mbough, that hung^F#m even with your^C#m neck Then I ^F#mchased you and ^Adrowned you, there ^Gdeep in the ^Ewell And when your ^Amouth was full and wet, ^F#mI swallowed all your reckles^As fate And ^F#mwith your last ^Abreath you moaned ^Gtoo drunk to ^Ewake

Oh I'd ^Afollow ^Eyou to the ^Ariver ^E That ^Awashes ^Eout to the ^Asea ^{E E}Through the ^Awind, through the ^Bmrain of a ^Ecold dark ^Anight That's ^Bmwhere ^EI'll ^Abe Through the ^Awind, through the ^Bmrain of a ^Ecold dark ^Anight That's ^Bmwhere ^EI'll ^Abe