[Strophe]
G 
She was a girl on a wagon train 
C      G          D     G 
headed west a-cross the plains. 
    Em                    C    D 
The train got lost in a summer storm. 
     Em                          C           D 
They coudln't move west and they couldn't go home 
                 G 
Then she saw him ridin' through the rain. 
        C               G           D         G 
He took charge of the wagons and he saved the train. 
    Em                      C         D 
And she looked down and her heart was gone. 
    Em                      C         D      G 
The train went west but she stayed on in Lonesome Dove.
[Strophe]
G 
A farmer's daughter with a gentle hand, 
C      G           D        G 
A blooming rose in a bed of sand. 
    Em                C      D 
She loved the man who wore a star, 
     Em              C        D 
A Texas Ranger known near and far. 
               G 
So they got married and they had a child. 
    C          G         D        G 
But times were tough and West was wild. 
   Em                     C       D 
So it was no surprise the day she learned 
     Em                      C D        D   G 
That her Texas man would not return, to Lonesome Dove.
[Refrain]
 Em                   G             C                       G      D/F# 
Back to back with the Rio Grande, a Christian woman in the devil's land. 
    Em                           Bm 
She learned the language and she learned to fight, but she 
C                             Am            D 
never learned how to beat the lonely nights, 
   D   G          D   G 
In Lonesome Dove, Lonesome Dove
[Strophe]
G 
She watched her boy grow into a man. 
C         G                 D           G 
He had an angel's heart and the devil's hand. 
   Em                C      D 
He wore his star for all to see. 
   Em          C          D 
He was a Texas lawman legacy. 
             G 
Then one day word blew into town. 
   C          G        D        G 
It seemed the man that shot his father down 
    Em               C    D 
Had robbed a bank in Jericho. 
    Em                     C       D 
Tho only thing 'tween them and Mexico 
    D   G 
Was Lonesome Dove.
[Strophe]
G 
The shadows stretched across the land 
C            G                 D   G 
As the shots rang out down the Rio Grande. 
    Em                 C                   D 
And when the smoke had finally cleared the street, 
    Em             C        D 
The men lay at the ranger's feet. 
           G 
But legend tells to this very day 
     C          G              D    G 
That shots were comin' from an alleyway. 
       Em               C        D 
Though no one knows who held the gun, 
      Em                    C       D 
There ain't no doubt if you ask someone 
   D   G 
In Lonesome Dove.
[Refrain]
 Em                   G             C                       G      D/F# 
Back to back with the Rio Grande, a Christian woman in the devil's land. 
    Em                           Bm 
She learned the language and she learned to fight, but she 
C                             Am            D 
never learned how to beat the lonely nights, 
   D   G          D   G 
In Lonesome Dove, Lonesome Dove