Yellow Rose Of Texas chords by Cowboy Songs

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The Yellow Rose of Texas is not a flower, we all knew that didn't we, but
a person.  History records her as being a servant named Emily D. West, who
was indentured to a man named Colonel James Morgan, who fought in the war
for the independence of Texas from Mexico.

                        "The Yellow Rose of Texas"

1:        G
There's a yellow rose of ....
                            D7
No other soldier ...
    G
She cried so when I ...
    D7                     G     D7          G
And if I ever find her, .....    CHORUS



2:        G
Where the Rio Grande is ...,
                                 D7
She walks along the river in ...
    G
She thinks if I remember ...
  D7                              G     D7      G
I promised to come back ....CHORUS



3:   G
Oh, now I'm goin' to ...
                                 D7
We'll sing the song ...
      G
We'll play the banjo gaily and ..
        D7                            G       D7    G
And the yellow rose of Texas will ...CHORUS



CHORUS---
           G
She's the sweetest rose of ....
                                       D7
Her eyes are bright as ...
        G
You may talk about your ...
        D7                               G       D7    G
But the yellow rose of Texas ...


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