Key: F major
Verse 1
G
D
G
D
(Little Rosa was her name
My world won't be the same
D
G
D
since she's gone from me)
Verse 2
A
I have gone to visit the grave of a friend of mine
and as I walked thru the grave yard
I noticed this man kneeling down by
the grave of a child
Em
D
And in his hand he held a big red rose
and tears were streaming down his cheeks
G
D
I walked over and laid a hand on
his shoulder and started to talk to him
A
Em
A
And during the course of our con
versation and in his broken English
This is the story just as
Em
A
he told it to me
down the street today
D
A
I walked in and I asked the man in the shop I said boss
Em
A
how much is for one red rose
Then he looked at me with one big frown
Em
A
and he says it's one dollar please
Em
A
D
But in a buyin' buyer was well
dressed blonde lady walked in
And she says how much
Now I said boss how come to you to charge
me a dollar for the rose
And you charged the
A
D
Then he said look Mister you tell
me why you want the rose
D
I said boss I'm a hard working man working a
Em
A
railroad an d gonna make too much money
And I got a little girl and her name was
Rosa o Rosa's just about this high boss
I'd come home from the work
A little Rosa come running to meet her papa
G
D
And she'd throw her little arms around
But one day boss I've come
home from the work I don't see Rosa
I looked down by the railroad track and I
see one big crowd
a way and pushed the crowd that a way
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D
There was at my feet lay my little Rosa
A
Em
and that's why I want the rose boss
Rosa's grave
Then man he didn't say not but he picked the
And he gave it to me
Verse 3
G
D
And though she's gone you see
A
D
A
she's still the world to me
To me she'll always be
G
D
that little girl of mine
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG D A Em
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