C              Em                 Am 
At first I did not think it could be you 
     F                                     G     G7 
But you're the only one that got off the train 
   E             E7              Am            Am7 
So you must be my wife Miss Annie Halsey, yes, yes 
F                        G             G7 
I must be your husband. Yes, I'm Harry Crane 
 
C          Em     F               C 
Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin' 
               Em               F     G   G7 
Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life 
C          Em     F                 C 
Mail order Annie, can't you see I'm tryin' 
   F                 C            
To tell you that I'm glad you're here 
F               G 
You who are the woman  
      F       G     C 
Who's come to be my wife 
 
    C                  Em          Am 
You know you're not as pretty as I dreamed you'd be 
     F                             G     G7 
But then I'm not no handsome fancy Dan 
    E                  E7         Am            Am7 
And out here looks are really not important, no, no 
     F                                G              G7 
It's what's inside a woman when she's up against the land 
 
C          Em     F               C 
Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin' 
               Em               F     G   G7 
Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life 
C          Em     F                 C 
Mail order Annie, can't you see I'm tryin' 
   F                 C            
To tell you that I'm glad you're here 
F               G 
You who are the woman  
      F       G     C     Em  Am 
Who's come to be my wife 
 
    Am                                A#maj7 
You know it's not no easy life you're entering 
    Am                                          A#Maj7 
The winter wind comes whistlin' through the cracks there in the sod 
    Am                               F 
You know you'll never have too many neighbours 
        Am                       Dm7          G  G7 
There's you babe, and there's me, and there's God 
 
C                   Em                Am 
You know I'm just a dirt man from the North Dakota plains 
       F                                 G 
You're one girl from the city who's been thrown out on her own 
        E                 E7              Am       Am7 
And I'm standing here not sure of what to say to you 
         F                       G             G7 
'Ceptin' mail order Annie, let's you and me go home 
 
C          Em     F               C 
Mail order Annie, never mind your cryin' 
               Em               F     G   G7 
Your tears are sweet rain in my empty life 
C          Em     F                 C 
Mail order Annie, can't you see I'm tryin' 
   F                 C            
To tell you that I'm glad you're here 
F               G 
You who are the woman  
      F       G     C 
Who's come to be my wife