The Rose of England chords by Nick Lowe

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Taking  (D major) nothing
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but his daddy's old  (G major) bone-grip knife
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knife  (D major) 
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He traded  (B minor) but a  (G major) little for
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the  (A major) wayward  (D major) life
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A faint heart never  (G major) won fair  (D major) hand
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 (A major) So  (B minor) says the  (G major) Rose of England
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 (A major)  (D major) 

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Verse 2

From high on a hill came the clarion call

To gain young men,

come one, come all

Make muster 'gainst the foreign hand

That's raised to the Rose

Interlude 1

of England

Verse 3
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For her  (D major) feckless boys she did  (G major) weep and wail
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 (D major) Saying,  (B minor) Lord have mercy  (G major) where  (A major) did I fail?  (D major) 
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Out of my belly, the  (G major) pick up a gun (D major) 
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And fall  (B minor) for the  (G major) Rose
of England
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 (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 

Verse 4
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 (G major) 
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God knows it's a  (C major) cold outside  (G major) 
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It's a  (D major) fire by day and a freeze at night  (G major) 
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I know it's a  (C major) hell out  (G major) there
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How  (D major) loud the mouth when
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the  (A major) heart don't care

Verse 5
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He's damned  (D major) if he don't,
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and damned  (G major) if he  (D major) do
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He'd die  (B minor) if he  (G major) ever found  (A major) out we knew  (D major) 
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Hot potato, drop  (G major) it and  (D major) run  (B minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (C major) 
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 (G major)  (C major) 
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 (G major)  (D major)  (C major)  (G major) 
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 (C major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (G major)  (D major)  (B minor)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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Far  (B minor) from the  (G major) Rose of England

Outro 1
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