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]