Emmylou Harris, Roses In The Snow (1980)
Key: :[Db] (w: Ruth Franks) (BPM: 115) (Sally O'Brien)
INTRO: [over CHORUS]
[Gb] ^
[Ab] [Db] [Ab7] [Db]
VERSE 1:
I
[Db] met my darling in the
[Gb] springtime
When
[Db] all the flowers were in
[Ab] bloom
And
[Db] like the flowers, our love
[Gb] blossomed
We
[Db] married
[Ab] in the month of
[Db] June
[Db7]
CHORUS:
Our
[Gb] love was like a burning ember
It
[Gb] warmed us as the cold winds ^
[Gb] blow ^
[Ab]
[Db] We had sunshine in December
And
[Ab7] grew our roses in the
[Db] snow
BREAK: [Db] [Gb] ^
[Db] ^
[Ab] [Db]
VERSE 2:
Now
[Db] God has taken my
[Gb] darling
And
[Db] left me with a memor-
[Ab]-y
One
[Db] memory I will always
[Gb] cherish
Are
[Db] these last
[Ab] words he said to
[Db] me
[Ab7]
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 3:
My
[Db] darling's buried on the
[Gb] hillside
Where
[Db] all the wild spring flowers
[Ab] grow
And
[Db] when the winter snows start
[Gb] falling
^
[Db] On his ^
[Ab7] grave I'll place a
[Db] rose
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO: [/Db/B/Bb/Ab] [Gb] [Ab] [Db] ^
[Gb]^
[Db open]
