Intro - Walk up to D    G    D     A     D


D            G           D
I met a girl from Manitoba
                  Bm  G              A    
Where the wind is wild on the Hudson Bay
             D   G         D
She could've been from Oklahoma
              D   A        D
If she didn't live so far away

D            G           D
Prairie girl I read your letters 
          Bm  G              A 
As I stood by the tracks of the C.P.R. 
       D   G         D
Every word just like a tear drop 
           D   A        D  D7
Every stain, a broken heart


Chorus:
      G                        D
Maple tears in the letters she sends
             A                 D     D7
Red like the dirt in the Tulsa wind
           G                 D     G
Sweet like cane on the delta bed
        D          A                   D
Oh them maple tears in the letters she sends

Solo
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D            G           D
I been inside ten thousand barrooms
        Bm  G              A 
From Winnipeg on down to New Orleans
             D   G         D
I seen the arms of that big old river
              D   A        D  D7
Stretching far out to the sea


Chorus:
      G                        D
Maple tears in the letters she sends
             A                 D     D7
Red like the dirt in the Tulsa wind
           G                 D     G
Sweet like cane on the delta bed
        D          A                   D       G
Oh them maple tears in the letters she sends
        D          A                   D      
Oh them maple tears in the letters she sends

D            G           D
I met a girl from Manitoba