th Fret
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G
There's a bad storm moving in across the prairie sky
F G C
The clouds roll like thunder, the lightning splits the night
G
I'm alone with your memory, the darkness and the pain
Am F C
The trees are trembling in the wind, I hear the falling rain
G
And oh, sweet Maggie Lee, do you remember me?
F G C
I used to be your sweetheart out by the rolling sea
G
I came here to this prairie town when the stakes were running high
Am F C
Now the boom's gone bust, the works played out, the money's running dry
Am F C
Every day I walk the banks of the ice-fed river Bow
Am C G
And watch the river running east, that's where I'd like to go
F C F
I've seen the streets of Calgary, I've known a prairie sky
Am F G Am
I've made and lost a fortune since I left and made you cry
G C
And now I wonder why 
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G
And you said I should have stayed, we might have settled down
F G C
But the western plains they called to me and took me from your town
G
There's not a thing that I can do to stop this falling rain
Am F C
But if ever I can find a way, I'll hold you once again
Am F C
Every day I walk the banks of the ice-fed river Bow
Am C G
I watch the river running east, that's where I'd like to go
F C F
I've seen the streets of Calgary, I've known a prairie sky
Am F G Am
I've made and lost a fortune since I left and made you cry
G C
And now I wonder why
Am F C
Every day I walk the banks of the ice-fed river Bow
Am C G
I watch the river running east, that's where I'd like to go
F C F
I've seen the streets of Calgary, I've known a prairie sky
Am F G Am
I've made and lost a fortune since I left and said goodbye
G C F G C-G-C
And now I wonder why
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