Artist: | Gene Watson (English) |
User: | George Rowe |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
Abusive: | |
Comment: | - |
PAPER ROSIE
The (A) sun goes down in Calvin (D) County,
Neon (E) lights from an old beer (A) sign,
Shown through the window out on the (D) sidewalk,
As I walked (E) in to pass the (A) time;
I looked around, sat down at a (D) table,
Ordered beef on (E) rye and a glass of (A) wine
And through the door came a little old (D) lady,
She was (E) selling paper roses and they only cost a (A) dime.
Chorus:
(A) Paper (E) Rosie…Paper (D) Rosie…,
She sold (E) you paper roses; but they only cost a (A) dime.
(A) Silver hair that had lost it’s (D) gold,
Trembling (E) hands as she passed a (A) rose,
Red crepe paper made nature’s bou-(D)-quet,
Help a little old (E) lady, buy a rose to-(A)-day;
I took the rose from her trembling (D) hand,
With the eyes of (E) age, she smiled and walked (A) away,
Like the breath of spring, I could smell the (D) rose,
It came a-(E)-live and I heard her (A) say.
Chorus:
(A) Buy my (E) roses, pretty (D) roses,
There (E) only made of paper; but they only cost a (A) dime
(A) I went to look for her out-(D)-side,
A spray of (E) roses lay by her (A) side,
The sky lit up and the choir (D) sang,
A thousand (E) voices and the church bells (A) rang;
(A) They sang (E) Rosie…Paper (D) Rosie….
She sold (E) you paper roses but they only costs a (A) dime
(A) Paper (E) Rosie…Paper (D) Rosie…,
She sold (E) you paper roses; but they only cost a (A) dime.