There Were Roses chords by
Cara Dillon

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Key: B major•

Verse 1

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My song for you this evening,

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it's not to make you sad

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Nor for adding to the sorrows

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of our troubled northern land

But lately I've been thinking and it

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just won't leave my mind

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I'll tell you of two friends one time

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who were both good friends of mine

Verse 2

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Isaac he was Protestant and

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Sean was Catholic born

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But it never made a difference,

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for the friendship it was strong

And sometimes in the evening when we

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heard the sound of drums

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We said it won't divide us,

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we will always be as one

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There were roses,

Verse 3

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roses

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There were roses

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And the tears of a people ran to

gether

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Verse 4

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It was on a Sunday morning when the

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awful news came round

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Another killing had been done just

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outside Newry Town

We knew that Isaac danced up there,

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we knew he liked the band

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But when we heard that he was dead

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we just could not understand

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Now

Verse 5

fear it filled the countryside

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there was fear in every home

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When late at night a car came prowling

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round the Ryan Road

A Catholic would be killed

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tonight to even up the score

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Oh Christ it's young McDonald

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they have taken from the door

Verse 6

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There were roses, roses

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There were roses

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And the tears of a people ran together

Interlude 1

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Verse 7

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I don't know where the moral is or

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where this song should end

But I wonder just how many wars are

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fought between good friends

And those who give the orders

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are not the ones to die

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It's Scott and young McDonald and

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the likes of you and I

Verse 8

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There were roses,

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roses

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There were roses

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And the tears of a people

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ran together

Verse 9

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There were roses, roses

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There were roses

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And the tears of a people ran together

Outro 1

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The original key of There Were Roses by Cara Dillon is B major.

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