Cherokee Rose
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
5th traste
SONG: CHEROKEE ROSE
ARTIST: COLBY ACUFF
VIDEO: https://youtube.com/watch?v=KG3SbS7dy2A&si=oiqfOX3HCV4srZ3E
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM
CAPO: 5th FRET
[Intro]
C F C Fm
C Fm C Fm
[Verse]
C F C
I was just out of the service, drifting through the countryside
Am7 G
Found a field a fireflies to bed down for the night
C F C Am Am7
Before I fell asleep something caught my eye eye
F G C
There was another man in the field, a shadow in moonlight
[Verse]
C F C
Late in the springtime when the sun goes down
Am7 G
You can find him in the field across the street from his house
C F C Am7
Picking him a bouquet underneath a May full moon
F G C
With aging eyes as misty as an early morning dew
[Verse]
C F C
I met him through the fireflies, he was a kind-hearted man
Am7 G
And I asked about the bouquet as I went to shake his hand
C F G Am
He told me about his late wife and the flowers that she grew
F
How springtime was her favorite
G C
'Cause that's when everything would bloom
[Chorus]
F G C
He said at night I go pickin' a Cherokee rose
F G
I'll lay 'em on her headstone
C C/B Am Am
'Cause she loved them the most
F G C C/B Am7
No matter how many I have won't bring her back I suppose
F G
But it makes me feel close
C G C Fm C F C Fm
To my Cherokee rose
[Verse]
C
He took me to where she lay low
F C
And he said my dearest rose
Am G
I lost her givin' birth to a boy I'll never know
C F Am
He sat there in the silence as he held hands with her ghost
F G C
Until we meet again the only peace I'll ever know
[Chorus]
F G C
He said at night I go pickin' a Cherokee rose
F G
I'll lay 'em on her headstone
C C/B Am Am
'Cause she loved them the most
F G C C/B Am7
No matter how many I have won't bring her back I suppose
F G
But it makes me feel close
C C
To my Cherokee rose
[Break]
F C
Well, the days went on and the years went by
F C
And on a rainy autumn day, he joined her on the other side
F Dm Bb G
But in his will, it was much to my surprise
F
He left me everything he had
G G7
For just a small price
[Verse]
C F
Oh, it's been 35 years since this land became mine
Am G
And many things have changed, but one thing has stood the test of time
C F Am
I spend every spring pickin' flowers with my wife
F G C
Because he taught me love is one thing that will never die
[Chorus]
F G C
So, now at night I go pickin' a Cherokee rose
F G
I'll lay it on his headstone
C C/B Am
'Cause he loved her the most
F G C C/B Am
No matter how many I have won't bring her back I suppose
F G
But I know that he's close
C C
To his Cherokee rose
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