North Dakota Chords by Chris Knight

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_ [D] Been snowing all day [F] when I got home, [Gm] the fire was out, the [Bb] cabin was told.
[D] I poured some [F] still coffee from [C] the pie. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] The longer I waited, the [F] snow got higher.
I [Gm] had to split some wood and [Bb] build a fire.
[D] She told me [F] she'd be gone.
I [C] forgot. _ _ _ _
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_ [D] I'd seen it snow [F] that hard before.
[Gm] I couldn't see the cabin from the stable [Dm] door.
And that mare she [F] always rode was in [C] the stall. _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] The law couldn't come [F] till the weather broke.
[Gm] My heart was pounding [Bb] in my throat.
[Dm] I searched and called [F] her name, forgetting the [C] brawl. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Dm] I never should have [F] brought her here.
[Gm] _ Living's hard this [Bb] time of year, [Dm] trying to keep food [F] and fire till [C] winter's done. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] Sometimes she'd gaze [F] across the flame with a [Gm] look that I [Bb]
couldn't name.
[Dm] And I wondered if [F] she'd stay when _ springtime [C] come. _ _ _
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_ I found her on [F] the first warm day.
[Gm] The rain had washed the [Bb] snow away.
_ [Dm] Gone for [F] wood and lost her way [C] back _ home. _ _
_ _ [Dm] I ain't the [F] kind that believes in [Gm] ghosts.
Some nights I get [Bb]
pretty close.
[Dm] _ When the [F] North Dakota winter [C] _ moans. _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ When the North [F] Dakota winter [C] moans. _ _ _ _
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