Prairie Wedding

C A# we only knew each other by a letter C i went to meet her off the train C A# when the smoke had cleared and the dust was still C she was standing there and speaking my name C A# i guarantee she looked like an angel C i couldn’t think of what i should say C A# but when adam saw eve in the garden C i believe he felt the selfsame way C A# i handed her up on the wagon C and i loaded up her trunk behind C A# she was sitting up there with the gold in her hair C and i tried to get a hold of my mind F C do you think that you could love me mary F D# F do you think we got a chance of a life C A# do you think that you could love me mary A# C now you are to be my wife C A# we finally headed out of the station C and we drove up the home trail C A# and when we came on the farm she laid a hand on my arm C i thought my resolution would fail C A# and i froze as she stepped in the doorway C stood there as still as could be C A# i said i know it ain’t much , it needs a woman’s touch C lord she turned around and looked at me F C do you think that you could love me mary F D# F do you think we got a chance of a life C A# do you think that you could love me mary A# C now you are to be my wife C A# we had a prairie wedding C there was a preacher and a neighbor or two C A# i gave my golden thing a gold wedding ring C and the both of us said i do C A# when the sun’s going down on the prairie C and the gold in her hair is aflame C A# i say do you really love me mary C and i hold her and i whisper her name F C do you think that you could love me mary F D# F do you think we got a chance of a life C A# do you think that you could love me mary A# C now you are to be my wife