G A Southern girl, about 15 C G Had a vivid vision and one track dream G Her simple life felt incomplete C G No roads to follow, no signs to seek C She'd leave her home far behind G Maybe change for the better So sweet and kind, a southern girl G Little did she know [Chorus] C On a trail of tears, hard as light G On a man she loved and now she cried C Trail of tears, caution to the wind G C G Follow the heart to the bitter end G C G Follow the heart to the bitter end C G The bitter end [Verse] G She found herself lost one night C G The road back home, nowhere in sight G She tripped she fell, scattered and torn C G Crippled by fear and chilled to the bone C She turned and looked back to where she had been G Carried on a cold Oregon wind G Southern girl little did she know [Chorus] G C G Followed her heart to the bitter end G C G Followed her heart to the bitter end C G The bitter end C G The bitter end