Shell Never Be Mine

A E My love is a river where the white waters pour A I've hunted and trapped her through the Gates of Ladore E She sings through a curtain of cold mountain rain A Where I dug her bright silver in the high Coeur d'Alene A E She'll never be mine A She'll never be mine D I've won all her treasures so simple and fine E A I guess she'll never be mine A E My love's a cantina where I drink with my friends; A I've called her Dolores or sometimes Cheyenne; E I followed her begging all over the West; A My love is a headlight on the midnight express A E She'll never be mine A She'll never be mine D I've won all her treasures so simple and fine E A I guess she'll never be mine A E My love is a forest of high Douglas fir A Many long summers I've laboured for her E My love is the wind rows of dry autumn corn A That grew on the land where my children were born A E She'll never be mine A She'll never be mine D I've won all her treasures so simple and fine E A I guess she'll never be mine A E My love is the life that a boomer will lead A You bought her with lies and you chained her with greed E My love is a dreamer, I'll follow the dream A You say she's a beggar, I say she's a queen A E Some day she'll be mine A Some day she'll be mine D I've won all her treasures so simple and fine E A I know some day she'll be mine