Banks of the Roses Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]
Chorus:
On the Banks of the Roses
me [A]love and I sat [D]down
And [G]I took out me [D]fiddle for to
[A]play me love a [D]tune
And in the [G]middle of the [D]tune-o
she she [A]smiled and she [D]said
Ere Johnny, lovely Johnny
won't ya [A]leave [D]me

[Verse 2]
When I was [D]a young one
I heard me father say
That [G]he'd rather [D]see me dead
and [A]buried in the [D]clay
[G]Sooner than be [D]married to [A]any run[D]away
By the lovely sweet banks of the [A]roses[D]
[A]

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][D][A]
[D][G][D][A][D][A]
[D]

[Verse 3]
And then I am no [D]runaway
and soon I'll let them know
That [G]I can take a [D]bottle
or can [A]leave it [D]alone
And if her [G]daddy doesn't [D]like it he can
[A]keep his daughter at [D]home
And young Johnny will go [G]rovin' [A]with[D]
[A][G][D][A]
[D]som[G]e o[D]the[A]r[D]
And [A]when

[Verse 4]
[D]I get married t'will
be in the month of May
When the [G]leaves they are [D]green and
the [A]meadows they are [D]gay
And [G]me and me [D]true love we'll
[A]sit and sport and [D]play
By the lovely sweet banks of the [A]roses
[D]

[Outro 1]
[A][D][G][D]
[A][D][G][D][A][D]
[A][D]