Rose in Paradise chords by Chris Young and Willie Nelson

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Intro 1

Verse 1

She was a flower for the takin'

Her beauty cut just like a knife

And he was a banker from Macon

Swore he'd love her all his life

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Verse 2

Bought her a mansion on a mountain

With a formal garden and a lot a land

Verse 3
C 
But paradise became her  (C major) prison
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 (G major) That Georgia banker was
a jealous man
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 4
Bm 
 (B minor) 
G 
Every time he'd talk about  (G major) her,
Bm 
 (B minor) You could see the fire in
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his  (G major) eye (A major) s
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He'd say,  (D major) 
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I would walk through Hell on  (C major) Sunday,
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 (G major) To keep my rose in paradis (D major) e
Dm 
He hired a man  (D minor) to tend the garden,

Verse 5
C 
 (C major) 
G 
 (G major) To keep an eye on her while
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Dm 
D 
he was gone  (D major)  (D minor)  (D major) 
C 
Some say they ran away together (C major) 
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 (G major) Some say that gardener left alone
Dm 
 (D minor) 

Verse 6
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 (D major) 
C 
G 
Now the banker is an old  (C major) man  (G major) 
D 
And the mansion's crum- ble- ing down  (D major) 
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G 
He sits all day and stares at  (C major) the garden  (G major) 
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Bm 
Not a trace of her was  (D major) ever found  (B minor) 

Verse 7
G 
Every time he talks about  (G major) her
Bm 
G 
A 
 (B minor) You can see the fire in his  (G major) eye (A major) s
D 
He'd say,  (D major) "I would walk
C 
through Hell on  (C major) Sunday
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D 
 (G major) To keep my rose in  (D major) paradise

Verse 8
D 
 (D major) 
C 
Now there's a rose out in the garden  (C major) 
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 (G major) Its beauty cuts just like a knife  (D major) 
They say that it even grows
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in the  (C major) winter time
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 (G major) And blooms in the dead of the night