C5 Bb5 We only knew each other by a letter C5 I went to meet her off the train C5 Bb5 When the smoke had cleared and the dust was still C5 She was standing there and speaking my name C5 Bb5 I guarantee she looked like an angel C5 I couldn't think of what I should say C5 Bb5 But when Adam saw Eve in the garden C5 I believe he felt the selfsame way C5 Bb5 I handed her up on the wagon C5 And I loaded up her trunk behind C5 Bb5 She was sitting up there with the gold in her hair C5 And I tried to get a hold of my mind F5 C5 Do you think that you could love me Mary F5 D#5 F5 Do you think we got a chance of a life C5 Bb5 Do you think that you could love me Mary Bb5 C5 Now you are to be my wife C5 Bb5 We finally headed out of the station C5 And we drove up the home trail C5 Bb5 And when we came on the farm she laid a hand on my arm C5 I thought my resolution would fail C5 Bb5 And I froze as she stepped in the doorway C5 Stood there as still as could be C5 Bb5 I said I know it ain't much, it needs a woman's touch C5 Lord she turned around and looked at me F5 C5 Do you think that you could love me Mary F5 D#5 F5 Do you think we got a chance of a life C5 Bb5 Do you think that you could love me Mary Bb5 C5 Now you are to be my wife Solo C5 Bb5 We had a prairie wedding C5 There was a preacher and a neighbor or two C5 Bb5 I gave my golden thing a gold wedding ring C5 And the both of us said I do C5 Bb5 When the sun's going down on the prairie C5 And the gold in her hair is aflame C5 Bb5 I say do you really love me Mary C5 And I hold her and I whisper her name F5 C5 Do you think that you could love me Mary F5 D#5 F5 Do you think we got a chance of a life C5 Bb5 Do you think that you could love me Mary Bb5 C5 Now you are to be my wife
