Emmylou Harris, Roses In The Snow (1980)
Key: :[Bb] (w: Ruth Franks) (BPM: 115) (Sally O'Brien)
INTRO: [over CHORUS]
[Eb] ^
[F] [Bb] [F7] [Bb]
VERSE 1:
I
[Bb] met my darling in the
[Eb] springtime
When
[Bb] all the flowers were in
[F] bloom
And
[Bb] like the flowers, our love
[Eb] blossomed
We
[Bb] married
[F] in the month of
[Bb] June
[Bb7]
CHORUS:
Our
[Eb] love was like a burning ember
It
[Eb] warmed us as the cold winds ^
[Eb] blow ^
[F]
[Bb] We had sunshine in December
And
[F7] grew our roses in the
[Bb] snow
BREAK: [Bb] [Eb] ^
[Bb] ^
[F] [Bb]
VERSE 2:
Now
[Bb] God has taken my
[Eb] darling
And
[Bb] left me with a memor-
[F]-y
One
[Bb] memory I will always
[Eb] cherish
Are
[Bb] these last
[F] words he said to
[Bb] me
[F7]
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 3:
My
[Bb] darling's buried on the
[Eb] hillside
Where
[Bb] all the wild spring flowers
[F] grow
And
[Bb] when the winter snows start
[Eb] falling
^
[Bb] On his ^
[F7] grave I'll place a
[Bb] rose
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO: [/Bb/Ab/G/F] [Eb] [F] [Bb] ^
[Eb]^
[Bb open]
