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