Blood Red Rose chords by Janis Ian

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Verse 1
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 (G major) In the hour before sun (C major) rise
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When  (G major)  (C major) the  (G major) shadows hustle home  (Asus4)  (D major) 
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 (G major) And the owls dream of  (C major) daybreak
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In  (G major)  (C major) the  (E minor) redwoods
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softly moan  (Asus4)  (G major)  (D major) 
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I  (E minor) have often begged for  (A major) ma gic
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to bring  (D major) my true  (G major) love  (D major)  (C major) home
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But  (A minor) the sunrise  (D major) only shows
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how well  (G major) my garden grows  (C major) 
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In  (A minor) the heat of a  (D major) single
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blood -red rose  (G major) 
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These eyes, no good for dark (C major) ness,
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rely  (G major) upon the  (C major) tenderness of shad
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 (G major) ows for their pas (Asus4) sion      (G major)  (D major) 
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 (G major) And the branches slowly twist,  (E minor) 
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 (C major) tangled prom (G major) ise with a kiss  (C major) only lov
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 (G major) ers can ima (A major) gine  (Asus4)  (D major) 
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I  (E minor) have often begged for morn (A major) ing,
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con (D major) fessing all she knows  (C major) 
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But  (A minor) the sunrise  (D major) shows
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how well  (G major) my garden grows  (C major) 
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In the  (A minor) heat of a blood  (D major) -red rose  (G major)  (C major)  (G major) 
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In the hours of my morn (C major) ing,  (G major) 
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in  (C major) the  (G major) vision of the light
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 (Asus4) Lay  (D major)  (G major) the afternoon
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and  (C major) evening,  (G major)  (C major) 
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and a  (G major) promise of the night  (C major)  (D major) 
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I  (E minor) have often begged for dark (A major) ness,
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to still  (D major) these trembling hand (C major) s
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But  (A minor) the sunrise shows
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 (G major) how well my garden grows,  (C major) 
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in the  (A minor) heat of the  (D major) blood -red sand  (G major) you