White Rose chords by Fred Eaglesmith

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Intro 1
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Em 
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Verse 1

The

day the paved the parking lot

Somebody hung a ribbon up

And then they cut it down

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Verse 2

And that big white rose upon

that sign

Put innocence in all our lives

We could see its neon light

From half a mile out

Verse 3
C 
Gas was fifty cents a gallon
Am 
They'd put it in for you
Em 
They'd bump your tires
and check your oil
F 
And wash your windows too

Verse 4
F 
C 
And We'd shine those cars
bright as bright
Am 
We'd go park underneath that light
Em 
Stare out at the prairie sky
F 
There was nothing else to do

Verse 5
F 
Am 
And now there's plywood for glass
Em 
Where the windows all got smashed
F 
And there's just a chunk
a'concrete
G 
Where those old pumps
used to stand
Am 
There's a

Verse 6
couple a'cars half
outta the ground
Em 
And that old sign still spins
'round 'n' 'round
F 
I  guess the White Rose fillin' station's
G 
just a memory now
Am 
Dm 

Verse 7
Am 
C 
And the girls would spend
a couple of bucks
Am 
Just to meet the boys
workin' at the pumps
Em 
And we'd pull up and fall in love
F 
And they've all moved away

Verse 8
F 
C 
Strangers used to stop and ask
Am 
How far they've driven off the map
Em 
And then they built that overpass
F 
And now they stay out
on the highway

Verse 9
F 
Am 
'Cause there's plywood for glass
Em 
Where the windows all got smashed
F 
And there's just a chunk
a'concrete
G 
Where those old pumps
used to stand

Verse 10
Am 
There's a couple a'cars half
outta the ground
Em 
And that old sign still spins
'round 'n' 'round
F 
I guess the White Rose fillin' station's
G 
just a memory now
Am 
Dm 

Verse 11
Am 
F 
And that neon sign was
the heart and soul
Am 
Of this ol' one horse town
G 
And it's like it lost its will to live
F 
The day they shut it down

Verse 12
F 
Am 
And now there's ply
wood for glass
Em 
Where the windows all got smashed
F 
And there's just a chunk a'concrete
G 
Where those old pumps used to stand
Dm 
There's a

Verse 13
Am 
couple a'cars half
outta the ground
Em 
And that old sign still spins
'round 'n 'round
F 
I guess the White Rose fillin' station's just
G 
a memory now
Am 
Dm 
Am 