Emmylou Harris, Roses In The Snow (1980)
Key: :[F] (w: Ruth Franks) (BPM: 115) (Sally O'Brien)
INTRO: [over CHORUS]
[A#] ^
[C] [F] [C7] [F]
VERSE 1:
I
[F] met my darling in the
[A#] springtime
When
[F] all the flowers were in
[C] bloom
And
[F] like the flowers, our love
[A#] blossomed
We
[F] married
[C] in the month of
[F] June
[F7]
CHORUS:
Our
[A#] love was like a burning ember
It
[A#] warmed us as the cold winds ^
[A#] blow ^
[C]
[F] We had sunshine in December
And
[C7] grew our roses in the
[F] snow
BREAK: [F] [A#] ^
[F] ^
[C] [F]
VERSE 2:
Now
[F] God has taken my
[A#] darling
And
[F] left me with a memor-
[C]-y
One
[F] memory I will always
[A#] cherish
Are
[F] these last
[C] words he said to
[F] me
[C7]
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 3:
My
[F] darling's buried on the
[A#] hillside
Where
[F] all the wild spring flowers
[C] grow
And
[F] when the winter snows start
[A#] falling
^
[F] On his ^
[C7] grave I'll place a
[F] rose
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO: [/F/Eb/D/C] [A#] [C] [F] ^
[A#]^
[F open]
