Intro: F Bb F C F
F
In a box made of pine lays the sweet love of mine
C F
she's been gone for nearly a year
The river would overflow
C F
if only I could trade a raindrop for every tear
Vers.
It was the year of ought one and our life had begun
Bb F
no perils could make us distraught
Together we stood through bad and through good
C F
no hardships that couldn't be fought
She fell ill one dark winter's night
Bb F
and before too long she passed
It would prove to be true my whole life through
C F
that nothing good would last
F
In a box made of pine lays the sweet love of mine
C F
she's been gone for nearly a year
The river would overflow
Cm F
if only I could trade a raindrop for every tear
Vers.
It all ended that day when I saw her ride away
Bb F
in the back of that long black hearse
I remember so well my personal hell
began on this here Earth
Bb F
I've half the heart I used to have and half the will to go on
I've got half a mind to drink myself blind
C Fm F
now that my darlin' is gone
F
In a box made of pine lays the sweet love of mine
C F
she's been gone for nearly a year
The river would overflow
Cm F
if only I could trade a raindrop for every tear
Vers.
Now the winter's teeth are biting down
Bb F
and it chills me to the bone
To think about that cold mattress
C F
and sleeping all alone
So now I know what I must do
Bb F
the path ahead of me is clear
I must join her now wherever she's at
C F
'cause I ain't doin' no good here
F
In a box made of pine lays the sweet love of mine
Ab F
she's been gone for nearly a year
The river would overflow
C F
if only I could trade a raindrop for every tear