Sweet Was My Rose
Key: AEnglish
Chorus
ASweet was my C#mRose
In the Bmlight Eof the rising Asun
ANever forC#mget her
Keep aBmlive for eveAryone
Chorus
ASweet was my C#mRose
In the Bmlight Eof the rising Asun
ANever forget C#mher
Keep aBmlive for eveAryone
Verse
AOn the day that I C#mrecall
Was a Bmbright Eand sunny Adawn
F#mAnd we hadn't seen a yanEkee
DSince a week before the sumAmer storm
F#mSo Momma said to sister Rose
I C#mguess it's safe to take a horse,
Get out and Dtry to find your Dad and Uncle Ben" A
Though I protesF#mted not to send Eher, she Afelt,
F#m"Your sister's goin', you're too young"
She Amrode out, never saw my sister Rose aAgain
Chorus
ASweet was my C#mRose
In the Bmlight Eof the rising Asun
ANever forC#mget her
Keep aBmlive for eveAryone
Verse
ASome people tell that fateful morn'
She C#mrode to Shannon creek
Making Bm'quiries at the bar of AUncle Ben
F#mFrom there she rode to Shadow Valley
C#mFrom afar she saw Pa
Uncle BmBen was less alive than Adead
F#mThere was Pa with his arms a'waving to Rose
C#mBut too late the crossfire caught her
F#mRose was shoutin'
Get out and save your own Askin
F#mIf you go to Shadow Valley
C#mUpon a hillside there's a headstone
CarBmved upon it is this insAcription
Oh oh
Chorus
ASweet was my C#mRose
In the Bmlight of the rising Asun
ANever forget C#mher
Keep aBmlive for eveAryone
ASweet was my C#mRose
In the Bmlight of the rising Asun
ANever forC#mget her
Keep aBmlive for eveAryone