C Bb We only knew each other by a letter C I went to meet her off the train C Bb When the smoke had cleared and the dust was still C She was standing there and speaking my name C Bb I guarantee she looked like an angel C I couldn't think of what I should say C Bb But when Adam saw Eve in the garden C I believe he felt the selfsame way C Bb I handed her up on the wagon C And I loaded up her trunk behind C Bb 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 Eb F Do you think we got a chance of a life C Bb Do you think that you could love me Mary Bb C Now you are to be my wife C Bb We finally headed out of the station C And we drove up the home trail C Bb And when we came on the farm she laid a hand on my arm C I thought my resolution would fail C Bb And I froze as she stepped in the doorway C Stood there as still as could be C Bb 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 Eb F Do you think we got a chance of a life C Bb Do you think that you could love me Mary Bb C Now you are to be my wife C Bb We had a prairie wedding C There was a preacher and a neighbor or two C Bb I gave my golden thing a gold wedding ring C And the both of us said I do C Bb When the sun's going down on the prairie C And the gold in her hair is aflame C Bb 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 Eb F Do you think we got a chance of a life C Bb Do you think that you could love me Mary Bb C Now you are to be my wife