Kentucky Rose Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][D][G][C][G][D][C][G][C][G][C]
[G]
[C]Sun comes [D]up

[Verse 1]
[G]Sunday [C]morn[G]
On the [Em]little [D]church [C]where [G]I been
since I [Am]was born[G][C]
[G]And the[C]re he [D]stood a
[G]hearty [C]smile[G]
You could [Em]hear [D]his voice [C]ringing
[G]out for a [C]country [G]mile

[Verse 2]
And he [D]could place [Dsus4]your
mind at [G]ease
With his [Dsus4]tender ne[G]ss and a heart
[Dsus4]That aimed to [Ebdim]please[Em]
A [G]pauper's [C]hands a farm[G]er's [D]clothes
[G]Just a pre[C]acher man[Em] we c[C]alled Ken
[D]tucky [G]Rose
[C][Em][C][D]

[Verse 3]
[G]
He [C]worked [D]the soul like he
[G]worked [C]the land[G]
He [Em]spoke [D]in ways that [C]anyone
[G]could un [C]derstand
[G]Sim[C]ple wor[D]ds of [G]simple fai[C]th[G]
And when it [Em]came to [D]love
[C]He would [G]go out of [Am]his way
[G]

[Verse 4]
A help[C]ing [G]hand[Dsus4]
A sooth[D]ing [G]chat
And [C]he prac[Dsus4]ticed what he
preached ima[Ebdim]gine that[Em]
And as [C]far as kind[D]ness goes
[G]There was [C]none com[Em]pared to [C]old Ken[D]tucky Rose

[Interlude 1]
[G][C]
[Em][D][Am]
[C][D][C]
[Em][D][Am][C][D][C][G]
[Am][Dsus4][G]

[Verse 5]
[C]Evening [D]stroll 'cross
[G]Shy[C]ler's bridge[G]
That's when [Em]he saw the [D]boy
[C]Trapped below [G]that [Am]rocky[C] ridge[G][C]
[G]He kne[C]w the dan[D]ger he [G]would fac[C]e[G]
But it's as [Em]if he sa[D]ved th[C]e child
[G]Only [C]to take [Am]his p[G]lace

[Verse 6]
For on that [G]ridge [Dsus4]of
stone and [G]ice
Kentucky [Dsus4]met his m[G]aker
[Dsus4]in a sac [Ebdim]rifice[Em]
Why he's [C]gone
God [G]only [D]knows
Maybe [G]for [C]the company
[Em]of h[C]is Kentuck[D]y Rose[G]
So [A]peaceful

[Verse 7]
in his [Esus4]Sunday be[A]st
He was buried on [Esus4]a hill
[Fdim]and laid [F#m]to rest
When people [D]heard they
[A]came [Esus4]in droves
[E]To say[A] the[D]ir last goo[F#m]d-byes to to [D]sweet
Ken[E]tucky Rose
[A][Esus4][A]

[Verse 8]
[Esus4]
[A]Now, [C#]on th[F#m]at hill[D]
One flower [Esus4]grows
[E]They say[A] it is [D]the[F#m] spirit
[D]of Ken[E]tucky [Asus4]Rose
[A]They say it is [D]the[F#m] spirit of[D]
Ken[Esus4]tucky Ros[A]e[Asus4]
[A]I believe it is [D]the[F#m] spirit of [D]Ken
[Esus4]tucky Ros[D]e[D]
[G][A]