Emmylou Harris, Roses In The Snow (1980)
Key: :[B] (w: Ruth Franks) (BPM: 115) (Sally O'Brien)
INTRO: [over CHORUS]
[E] ^
[F#] [B] [F#7] [B]
VERSE 1:
I
[B] met my darling in the
[E] springtime
When
[B] all the flowers were in
[F#] bloom
And
[B] like the flowers, our love
[E] blossomed
We
[B] married
[F#] in the month of
[B] June
[B7]
CHORUS:
Our
[E] love was like a burning ember
It
[E] warmed us as the cold winds ^
[E] blow ^
[F#]
[B] We had sunshine in December
And
[F#7] grew our roses in the
[B] snow
BREAK: [B] [E] ^
[B] ^
[F#] [B]
VERSE 2:
Now
[B] God has taken my
[E] darling
And
[B] left me with a memor-
[F#]-y
One
[B] memory I will always
[E] cherish
Are
[B] these last
[F#] words he said to
[B] me
[F#7]
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 3:
My
[B] darling's buried on the
[E] hillside
Where
[B] all the wild spring flowers
[F#] grow
And
[B] when the winter snows start
[E] falling
^
[B] On his ^
[F#7] grave I'll place a
[B] rose
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO: [/B/A/G#/F#] [E] [F#] [B] ^
[E]^
[B open]