G
C
He was just a lonely cowboy
D7
G
With a heart so brave and true
C
He learned to love a maiden
D7
G
With eyes of heaven’s own blue
C
They learned to love each other
D7
G
And named their wedding day
C
When a quarrel came between them
D7
G
And Jack he rode away
C
He joined a band of cowboys
D7
G
And tried to forget her name
C
But out on the lonely prairie
D7
G
She waits for him the same
C
One night when work was finished
D7
G
Just at the close of day
C
Someone said sing a song Jack
D7
G
To drive dull cares away
C
When Jack began his singing
D7
G
His mind it wondered back
C
He sang of a maiden
D7
G
Who waited for her Jack
C
Your sweetheart waits for you Jack
D7
G
Your sweetheart waits for you
C
Out on the lonely prairie
D7
G
Where the skies are always blue
C
Jack left the camp next morning
D7
G
Breathing his sweetheart’s name
C
I’ll go and ask forgiveness
D7
G
For I know that I am to blame
C
He crossed the old Red River
D7
G
And headed straight for town
C
But his friends they sadly told him
D7
G
They laid his loved one down
C
They said as she was dying
D7
G
She breathed her sweetheart’s name
C
And ask them with her last breath
D7
G
To tell him when he came
C
Your sweetheart waits for you Jack
D7
G
Your sweetheart waits for you
C
Out on the lonely prairie
D7
G
Where the skies are always blue
G
C
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