The Roses chords by
Caedmon's Call
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Key: Bb major

Intro 1

Asus4

Dsus4

Verse 1
C C 
 
G G 
 
High above the valley of Quito
Em Em 
 
An old man and his bride
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
grow roses
Em Em 
 
Red and yellow,
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
white and golden
C C 
 
G G 
 
To him they are precious as children

Verse 2
C C 
 
Their daughter, she moved to America
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
One more brick in the
tower of Babel
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
Em Em 
 
She has a son that they've
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
never seen at all
C C 
 
They're praying that
G G 
 
C C 
 
they raised her well
Am Am 
 
On the mountain high
G G 
 
They will live and die
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
As time just slips away
Em Em 
 
Am Am 
 
And the children grow
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
G G 
 
In the God they     know
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
As time just slips away
Am Am 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
G G 
 

Verse 3
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
A man, his bride, his children,
G G 
 
and his roses
Planted in faith,
Em Em 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
watered in tears
Em Em 
 
Honey, that's all they have
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
and they're happier here
C C 
 
G G 
 
Than any of our friends back home
Em Em 
 
They met Jesus,
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
C C 
 
and they really know Him

Verse 4
Am Am 
 
On the mountain high
G G 
 
They will live and die
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
As time just slips away
Am Am 
 
And the children grow
Asus4 Asus4 
 
G G 
 
In the God they     know
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
As time just slips away

Verse 5
C C 
 
D D 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
Now I'm back at home, all alone
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
And I'm trying to find my thoughts
C C 
 
That old man's so inspiring
G G 
 
But the TV's always on
Em Em 
 
And the phone, it won't stop ringing
Asus4 Asus4 
 
These bills,
A A 
 
they keep on screaming
C C 
 
They're paying for all the things
G G 
 
That we never really needed

Verse 6
C C 
 
And I wonder what he's
G G 
 
doing right now
Em Em 
 
Maybe walking through his simple field
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
And thinking about how
Em Em 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
God has blessed him so
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
A man, his bride, his children,
and his roses
G G 
 

Verse 7
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
On the mountain high
G G 
 
They will live and die
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
As time just
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
Em Em 
 
Am Am 
 
G G 
 
slips away
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
And the children grow
G G 
 
In the God they know
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
As time just slips away

Outro 1
Asus4 Asus4 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
G G 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
Asus4 Asus4 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
C C

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