The Rose of England Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][A][D][G][D]
[A][D][G][D]
[A][D]

[Verse 1]
Taking [D]nothing
but his daddy's old [G]bone-grip knife
[D]knife
He [Bm]traded but a [G]little for
the [A]wayward [D]life
A faint heart never [G]won fair [D]hand
[A]So [Bm]says the [G]Rose of England
[A][D]

[Verse 2]
[A][D]
From high on a hill came the [G]clarion [D]call
To [Bm]gain young [G]men,
come [A]one, come [D]all
Make muster 'gainst the [G]foreign [D]hand
That's [Bm]raised to the [G]Rose

[Interlude 1]
of England
[A][D][G][D]
[A][D]

[Verse 3]
For her [D]feckless boys she did [G]weep and wail
[D]Saying, Lor[Bm]d have mer[G]cy where did[A] I fai[D]l?
Out of my belly, the [G]pick up a [D]gun
And [Bm]fall for the [G]Rose
of England
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[Verse 4]
[G]
God knows it's a [C]cold [G]outside
It's a [D]fire by day and a freeze at [G]night
I know it's a [C]hell [G]out there
How [D]loud the mouth when
the [A]heart don't care

[Verse 5]
He's [D]damned if he don't,
and [G]damned if he [D]do
He'd [Bm]die if he e[G]ver found [A]out we k[D]new
Hot potato, [G]drop it and [D]run[Bm][G][A][D][G][D][A][D]
[G][D][A][C]
[G][C]
[G][D][C][G]
[C][G][D][A]
[D][G][D][Bm][G][A][D]
[G][D][Bm][G][A][D]
[Bm]Far from the R[G]ose of England

[Outro 1]
[A][D][Bm][G][A][D]
[Bm][E][G]
[D][G][D][A]
[D][G][D][A]
[D][G][D][A]
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