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