Give Me The Roses While I Live chords by The Carter Family

Chords with lyrics

Intro chords:

G+G / / | G+G / / |

G+G / / | G+G / / | G+G / / | G+G / / | D7D7 / / | D7D7 / / | G+G / / | G/ / |

Intro melody - and play before each verse. Intro melody starts on bar 3.:

e |-------|--------|------|-----|-------|------|----|
BB |-0-----|--------|------|-0---|---0-1-|-0----|----|
G+G |---2-0-|--------|-0--2-|-----|-2-----|----2-|-0--|
D MajorD |-------|-0--2h4-|------|-----|-------|---0--|----|
A augmentedA |-------|--------|------|-----|-------|------|----|
E MajorE |-------|--------|------|-----|-------|------|----|

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Verse 1:
G+G
Wonderful things of folks are said
D7D7           G+G
When they have passed away

Roses adorn their narrow bed
D7D7        G+G
Over the sleeping clay

Chorus:
C majorC         G+G
Give me the roses while I live
          D7D7
Trying to cheer me on
G+G
Useless are flowers that you give
D7D7         G+G
After the soul has gone


Verse 2:
G+G
Let us not wait to do good deeds
D7D7           G+G
Till they have passed away

Now is the time to sow good seeds
D7D7           G+G
While here on earth we stay

Chorus:
C majorC         G+G
Give me the roses while I live
          D7D7
Trying to cheer me on
G+G
Useless are flowers that you give
D7D7         G+G
After the soul has gone


Verse 3:
   G+G
Kind words are useless when folks lie
D7D7
Cold in a narrow bed
   G+G
Don't wait till death to speak kind words
D7D7           G+G
Now should the words be said


Chorus:
C majorC         G+G
Give me the roses while I live
          D7D7
Trying to cheer me on
G+G
Useless are flowers that you give
D7D7         G+G
After the soul has gone


Verse 4:
G+G
Give me the roses while I live
   D7D7      G+G
Don’t wait until I die
  G+G
To spread the roses o’er my grave
  D7D7         G+G
To see as you pass it by


Chorus:
C majorC         G+G
Give me the roses while I live
          D7D7
Trying to cheer me on
G+G
Useless are flowers that you give
D7D7         G+G
After the soul has gone