Emmylou Harris, Roses In The Snow (1980)
Key: :[A] (w: Ruth Franks) (BPM: 115) (Sally O'Brien)
INTRO: [over CHORUS]
[D] ^
[E] [A] [E7] [A]
VERSE 1:
I
[A] met my darling in the
[D] springtime
When
[A] all the flowers were in
[E] bloom
And
[A] like the flowers, our love
[D] blossomed
We
[A] married
[E] in the month of
[A] June
[A7]
CHORUS:
Our
[D] love was like a burning ember
It
[D] warmed us as the cold winds ^
[D] blow ^
[E]
[A] We had sunshine in December
And
[E7] grew our roses in the
[A] snow
BREAK: [A] [D] ^
[A] ^
[E] [A]
VERSE 2:
Now
[A] God has taken my
[D] darling
And
[A] left me with a memor-
[E]-y
One
[A] memory I will always
[D] cherish
Are
[A] these last
[E] words he said to
[A] me
[E7]
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 3:
My
[A] darling's buried on the
[D] hillside
Where
[A] all the wild spring flowers
[E] grow
And
[A] when the winter snows start
[D] falling
^
[A] On his ^
[E7] grave I'll place a
[A] rose
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO: [/A/G/F#/E] [D] [E] [A] ^
[D]^
[A open]