Little Rosa chords by 
Red Sovine 
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Key: Eb major•
Verse 1
Bb
Ab
Eb
(Little Rosa was her name
Bb
and still I cry in vain
My world won't be the same since
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she's gone from me)
Verse 2
Ab
Eb
I have gone to visit the grave of a friend
of mine and as I walked thru the grave yard
Bb
I noticed this man kneeling down
by the grave of a child
And in his hand he held a big red rose and tears
were streaming down his cheeks
Eb
I walked over and laid a hand on his
shoulder and started to talk to him
And during the course of our conversation
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Eb
and in his broken English
Bb
This is the story just as he told it to me
He said to me Mister I've walked
down the street today
And I passed about the big flower shop
I walked in and I asked the man in the shop I said
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boss how much is for one red rose
Then he looked at me with one big frown
and he says it's one dollar please
Ab
Eb
But in a buyin' buy_ er was
well dressed blonde lady walked in
And she says how much
Bb
is for one red rose
And he looked at her with one big smile
and he says ten cents
Now I said boss how come to you to
charge me a dollar for the rose
And you charged the
young lady only ten cents
Eb
Then he said look Mister you
tell me why you want the rose
Ab
And maybe I give it to you for not
Eb
I said boss I'm a hard working man working a railroad
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and gonna make too much money
And I got a little girl and her name was Rosa
o Rosa's just about this high boss
Every day when I'd come
home from the work
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A little Rosa come running to
meet her papa
And she'd throw her little arms around my neck
Ab
Eb
and say papa and I'd say Rosa
But one day boss I've come home from
the work I don't see Rosa
Bb
I looked down by the railroad track
and I see one big crowd
I'd go down and I pushed the crowd this
a way and pushed the crowd that a way
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There was at my feet lay my little Ros_ a
and that's why I want the rose boss
Ab
I wanna put it on little Rosa's grave
Eb
Then man he didn't say not but he picked
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the biggest and the reddest rose
And he gave it to me
And I said thank you boss
thank you very much
Eb
Verse 3
Ab
Eb
And though she's gone you see
Bb
she's still the world to me
To me she'll always be
that little girl of mine
Eb
Bb
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