Little Rosa chords by Red Sovine, Webb Pierce

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Verse 1

(Little Rosa was her name

and still I cry in vain

My world won't be the same

since she's gone from me)

Verse 2
A 
I have gone to visit the grave of a friend of  (A major) 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  (E minor) hand he  (D major) held a big red rose
and tears were streaming down his cheeks
G 
D 
I  (G major) walked over and laid a  (D major) hand on
his shoulder and started to talk to him
A 
Em 
A 
 (A major) And during the course  (E minor) of our  (A major) con
versation and in his broken English
This is the story just as
Em 
A 
he told it to  (E minor) me    (A major) 
D 
 (D major) He said to me Mister I've walked
down the street today
G 
And I passed about the big flower  (G major) shop
D 
A 
 (D major) I  walked in and I asked the man in the shop I said boss  (A major) 
Em 
A 
how much  (E minor) is for one  (A major) red rose
Then he looked at me with one big frown
Em 
A 
and he says it's  (E minor) one dollar  (A major) please
Em 
A 
D 
But  (E minor) in a buyin'  (A major) buyer  (D major) was well
dressed blonde lady walked in
And she says how much
G 
is for one  (G major) red rose
D 
 (D major) And he looked at her with one big smile
A 
and he says ten cents  (A major) 
Now I said boss how come to you to charge
me a dollar for the rose
And you charged the
Em 
young lady  (E minor) only ten cents
A 
D 
 (A major) Then he said  (D major) look Mister you tell
me why you want the rose
G 
And maybe I give it to you for not  (G major) 
D 
 (D major) I said boss I'm a hard working man working a
Em 
A 
 (E minor) railroad  (A major) 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
D 
 (D major) Every day when
I'd come home from the work
A little Rosa come running to meet her papa
G 
D 
 (G major) And she'd  (D major) throw her little arms around
A 
my neck and say papa and I'd say  (A major) Rosa
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
D 
 (D major) I'd go down and I pushed the crowd this
a way and pushed the crowd that a way
G 
D 
 (G major) There was at my  (D major) feet lay my little Rosa
A 
Em 
and that's why I want  (A major) the rose  (E minor) boss
A 
 (A major) I wanna put it on little
Rosa's grave
Then man he didn't say not but he picked the
D 
biggest and  (D major) the reddest rose
And he gave it to me
A 
And I said  (A major) thank you boss thank
D 
you very much  (D major) 