Red Velvet
           by Ian Tyson


     G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)                C (x32010@1)Four months ago in April, on a day-coach she came down
        G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)And the dusty autumn winds begin to blow
           G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1)             CI (x32010@1)should'a known I couldn't hold her livin' out so far from town
        G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)    DAnd (xx0232@1)the nights to come are long and slow to go

     G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)              D (xx0232@1)              C (x32010@1)Well now she's up and left me and went walkin' down the line
        G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)And the dusty autumn winds begin to blow
    G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)                  C (x32010@1)
All dressed up in red velvet & her high-heeled shoes so fine
        G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)              GAnd (320003@1)the nights to come are long and slow to go

        F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)     GWell (320003@1)if I'd only known, before we kissed, that
C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)         D7 (xx0212@1)                G (320003@1)   G7You (320001@1)can't keep red velvet on a poor dirt farm like this
   C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)              FSo (133211@1)now she's gone and left me & went walkin' down the line
        C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)   GAnd (320003@1)the dusty autumn winds begin to blow

          C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)           FWell (133211@1)I'll sit & count the evening stars, as they walk around
         C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)  GWhen (320003@1)the dusty autumn winds begin to blow
          C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)           FThen (133211@1)I'll call my dog & take the truck & drive on into town
           C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)  G'Cause (320003@1)the nights to come are long & slow to go

          C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)            FWell (133211@1)I'll sit & count the evening stars, as they walk around
        C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)   GAnd (320003@1)the dusty autumn winds begin to blow
          C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)           FThen (133211@1)I'll call my dog & take the truck & drive on into town
           C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1) G'Cause (320003@1)the nights to come are long & slow to go

          C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)                 CAnd (x32010@1)those dusty autumn winds,  be - gin to blow