Standard (EADGBE)

 I met you in the saddle, rode you in the dust

 Held your hand to the heavens, pulled your heart to the earth

 There was something that blinded me more than the mist

 And the breath of the cottonwood buds lighter yet

 And you rode the maypole of dance hall legs

 And galloped to another's embrace

 And I bit the flowers from your wrist corsage

 And you waltzed too slowly, too slowly you waltzed

 With that girl from Widow's Grove

 Oh, I'd follow you to the river, that washes out to the s……ea

 Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night

 That's where I'll be

Near the breath of a swallow, petals dropped as you fell

And you grabbed then shyly held me, against the stone cold well

In your hand was a glass, you held the ice against the night

And it dripped and it sparkled and I laughed a wish

Before it all slipped down the dark tunneled well

I heard it melt quietly and I looked at you

Bent to the earth with just one pleading wish

Your skirts brushed to the furious pounding

Oh, I'd follow you to the river, that washes out to the sea

Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night

That's where I'll be

 I hid in the elm and raised the bough, that hung even with your

neck

 And I chased you and drowned you, there deep in the well

 And when your mouth was full and wet, I swallowed all your

reckless fate

 And with your last breath, you moaned too drunk to wake

Oh, I'd follow you to the river, that washes out to the sea

Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night

That's where I'll be

Through the wind, through the rain of a cold dark night

That's where I'll be