When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland chords by The Carter Family

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)



Chorus:

G        C              G               D              G
When the roses bloom in Dixieland, I am coming back to you
         C                 G                  D                    D7
When the birds are singing music grand to the sweetest girl I ever knew
D                 G        C                           G     D
I am saving up my money to buy a little cabin home for two
G        C              G               D              G
When the roses bloom in Dixieland, i am coming back to you

Verse 1:

G            C               G                     D            G
I just got a letter from the sunnny south, from my girl in Tennessee
         C                     G                   D                 D7
She said she loved me like she used to do, and was waiting there for me
D                   G               C       G      D
I answered back her letter though I am far away
G        C              G              D              G
When the roses bloom in Dixieland i am coming back to stay


Chorus:

G        C              G               D              G
When the roses bloom in Dixieland, I am coming back to you
         C                 G                  D                    D7
When the birds are singing music grand to the sweetest girl I ever knew
D                 G        C                           G     D
I am saving up my money to buy a little cabin home for two
G        C              G               D              G
When the roses bloom in Dixieland, i am coming back to you


Verse 2:

G              D            G                     D              G
When I left my honey at the railroad train i said honey wait for me
             D             G
I'm going to make a lot of money up north
         D                G
Then its me for old Tennessee

Chorus:

G        C              G               D              G
When the roses bloom in Dixieland, I am coming back to you
         C                 G                  D                    D7
When the birds are singing music grand to the sweetest girl I ever knew
D                 G        C                           G     D
I am saving up my money to buy a little cabin home for two
G        C              G               D              G
When the roses bloom in Dixieland, i am coming back to you