TEXAS RIVER SONG (traditional)
as recorded by Lyle Lovett (1998)
Step Inside This House (MCAD2-11831)
capo 3, 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
But down by the Brazos
G C
I courted my dear
C
Singing li, li, le, le, le
F C
Lend me your hand
C
Li, li, li, le, le, le
G C
Lend me your hand
C
Li, li, li, le, le, le
F C
Lend me your hand
C
There's many a river
G C
That waters the land
Now the fair Angelina
Ruins glossy and gliding
The crooked Colorado
Runs weaving and winding
The slow San Antonio
Courses the plains
But I never will walk
By the Brazos again
Singing li, li, le, le, le
Lend me your hand
Li, li, li, le, le, le
Lend me your hand
Li, li, li, le, le, le
Lend me your hand
There's many a river
That waters the land
She kissed me and she hugged me
And she called me her dandy
The Trinity's muddy
But the Brazos quick sandy
She kissed me and she hugged me
And she called me her own
But down by the Brazos
She left me alone
Singing li, li, le, le, le
Lend me your hand
Li, li, li, le, le, le
Lend me your hand
Li, li, li, le, le, le
Lend me your hand
There's many a river
That waters the land
INSTRUMENTAL
Now the girls of Little River
They're plump and they're pretty
The Sabine and the Sulphur
Hold beauties a'many
The banks of the Neches
There's girls by the score
But down by the Brazos
I'll wander no more
Singing li, li, le, le, le
Lend me your hand
Li, li, li, le, le, le
Lend me your hand
Li, li, li, le, le, le
Lend me your hand
There's many a river
That waters the land
Singing li, li, le, le, le
Lend me your hand
Li, li, li, le, le, le
Lend me your hand
Li, li, li, le, le, le
Lend me your hand
There's many a river
That waters the land
TEXAS RIVER SONG (CHORD CHART)
capo 3, 3/4 time
VERSES
|C |C |F |C |C |C |G |G |
|C |C |F |C |C |C |G |C |
CHORUS
|C |C |F |C |C |C |G |C |
|C |C |F |C |C |C |G |C |C |
CHORD THEORY
no capo - capo 3
I: Eb - C
IV: Ab - F
V: Bb - G
