Rosewood Casket Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Thi[C]s i[G]s how I learned it from a Time-
Life Album in about 1958.

[Verse 2]
There's a [G]little [D]rosewood [G]casket
Lying on a [D]marble [G]stand
And a packet [C]of old love [G]letters
Written [D]by my true love's [G]hand

[Verse 3]
(Go and [G]bring them [D]to me [G]sister
Read them o'er for [D]me to[G]night
I have often [C]tried but I [G]could not
For the [D]tears that filled [G]my eyes) I
[D]did not know this verse- - Thanks!

[Verse 4]
[G]Last Sunday I saw [D]him walkin'
With a lady by his side,
And I thought I heard him tell her
[G]He would never be his bride.
[C]When I'm dead and in my

[Verse 5]
[G]coffin
And my shroud's around me bound
And my narrow grave [D]is ready
In some [G]lonely churchyard
ground.
[D][Dsus4]

[Verse 6]
[G]
Take his letters [D]and his [G]locket
Place [D]together o'are my [G]heart
But the golden [C]ring he [G]gave me
From my [D]finger never part

[Outro 1]
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[D][G][D][G][C][G][D]
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