My Texas Girl

C C F C All my life I've wondered if what I done was wrong C G7 All I ever cared to do was ride my pony on C C7 F C I never had no heartache was always happy and gay C G7 C Until I met a Texas girl who stole my heart away C F C Where the sleepy Rio Grande goes slowly to the sea C G7 It was there she promised to be mine throughout eternity C C7 F C But the angels they grew jealous of her beauty and her smile C G7 C And came along one stormy night and stole away my bride C C7 F C The birds have hushed their singing sadness is over the land C G7 C The birds miss my darling by the sleepy Rio Grande C G7 C C F C Her lips were like the Russian wine her hair it hung in curls C G7 Her cheeks were like the dawn of day that breaks upon the world C C7 F C She's gone and left me lonely I miss the touch of her hand C G7 C Tonight while I am walking by the sleepy Rio Grande C F C Where the sleepy Rio Grande goes slowly to the sea C G7 It was there she promised to be mine throughout eternity C F C But the angels they grew jealous of her beauty and her smile C G7 C And came along one stormy night and stole away my bride C C7 F C The birds have hushed their singing sadness is over the land C G7 C The birds miss my darling by the sleepy Rio Grande