Red Is The Rose chords by The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem

Chords with lyrics

RED IS THE ROSE

Verse:
C majorC      E minorEm    DmDm        FF
Come over the hills, my bonnie Irish lass
   C majorC    Cmaj7Cmaj7     FF   E minorEm
Come over the hills to your darling
FF      E minorEm       DmDm        FF
You choose the rose love, and I'll make the vow
  C majorC      FF   C majorC  G7G7  C majorC
And I'll be your true love forever

Chorus:
C majorC     E minorEm     DmDm        FF
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
C majorC      Cmaj7Cmaj7   FF  E minorEm
Fair is the lily of the valley
FF      E minorEm       DmDm        FF
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
 C majorC       FF  C majorC    G7G7 C majorC
But my love is fairer than any

Verse:
C majorC      E minorEm       DmDm      FF
'Twas down by Killarney's green woods we strayed
C majorC         Cmaj7Cmaj7     FF   E minorEm
The moon and the stars they were shining
FF      E minorEm       DmDm        FF
The moon shone its rays on her locks of golden hair
  C majorC       FF  C majorC  G7G7  C majorC
She swore she'd be my love forever

Chorus:
C majorC     E minorEm     DmDm        FF
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
C majorC      Cmaj7Cmaj7   FF  E minorEm
Fair is the lily of the valley
FF      E minorEm       DmDm        FF
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
 C majorC       FF  C majorC    G7G7 C majorC
But my love is fairer than any

Verse:
C majorC     E minorEm     DmDm        FF
It's not for the parting that my sister pains
C majorC      Cmaj7Cmaj7   FF  E minorEm
 It's not for the grief of my mother
FF      E minorEm       DmDm        FF
'Tis all for the loss of my bonnie Irish lass
C majorC       FF  C majorC    G7G7 C majorC
That my heart is breaking forever

Chorus:
C majorC     E minorEm     DmDm        FF
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
C majorC      Cmaj7Cmaj7   FF  E minorEm
Fair is the lily of the valley
FF      E minorEm       DmDm        FF
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
 C majorC       FF  C majorC    G7G7 C majorC