Emmylou Harris, Roses In The Snow (1980)
Key: :[A#] (w: Ruth Franks) (BPM: 115) (Sally O'Brien)
INTRO: [over CHORUS]
[D#] ^
[F] [A#] [F7] [A#]
VERSE 1:
I
[A#] met my darling in the
[D#] springtime
When
[A#] all the flowers were in
[F] bloom
And
[A#] like the flowers, our love
[D#] blossomed
We
[A#] married
[F] in the month of
[A#] June
[A#7]
CHORUS:
Our
[D#] love was like a burning ember
It
[D#] warmed us as the cold winds ^
[D#] blow ^
[F]
[A#] We had sunshine in December
And
[F7] grew our roses in the
[A#] snow
BREAK: [A#] [D#] ^
[A#] ^
[F] [A#]
VERSE 2:
Now
[A#] God has taken my
[D#] darling
And
[A#] left me with a memor-
[F]-y
One
[A#] memory I will always
[D#] cherish
Are
[A#] these last
[F] words he said to
[A#] me
[F7]
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 3:
My
[A#] darling's buried on the
[D#] hillside
Where
[A#] all the wild spring flowers
[F] grow
And
[A#] when the winter snows start
[D#] falling
^
[A#] On his ^
[F7] grave I'll place a
[A#] rose
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO: [/A#/Ab/G/F] [D#] [F] [A#] ^
[D#]^
[A# open]
