Texas River Song as recorded by Townes Van Zandt (Road Songs)
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...
