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