Wild Irish Rose chords by George Jones

Chords with lyrics

Wild Irish Rose
by George Jones September 12, 1931 - April 26, 2013

This is one of my favorite songs of all time, but the only versions I found
weren't exactly wrong, just incomplete. This song is VERY easy to play; you can
arpeggiate the chords if you want to make it that much better, but strumming is just fine.

"George Jones has left us. We have lost one of the most individual singers of all
time. I cannot express the emptiness I feel." Keith Richards

VERSE 1:
A augmentedA            D MajorD     A augmentedA
THEY SENT HIM TO ASIA TO FIGHT IN A augmentedA WAR
  D MajorD       A augmentedA       E MajorE
HE CAME BACK HOME CRAZY AND THEY ASKED HIM WHAT FOR
A augmentedA            D MajorD     A augmentedA
THEY HAD HIM COMMITTED OH MEDALS AND ALL
   D MajorD     A augmentedA   E MajorE      A augmentedA
TO A augmentedA MENTAL HOSPITAL WITH RUBBER WALLS

VERSE 2:
A augmentedA                 D MajorD     A augmentedA
 THEY CUT OFF THE FUNDING OH THEY CUT OF THE LIGHTS
  D MajorD       A augmentedA      E MajorE
HE HIT THE STREET RUNNING THAT COLD WINTER NIGHT
A augmentedA                  D MajorD      A augmentedA
 NOW THE STREETS ARE THE ONLY PLACE HE CAN CALL HOME
  D MajorD      A augmentedA     E MajorE     A augmentedA
HE SEEMS OH SO LONELY BUT HE'S NEVER ALONE

CHORUS:
A augmentedA       C# minorC#m     D MajorD     A augmentedA
HE LIES THERE HOLDING HIS WILD IRISH ROSE
   D MajorD     A augmentedA      E MajorE
THIS CRAZY OLD FOOL IN THE SMELLY OLD CLOTHES
A augmentedA         C# minorC#m      D MajorD      A augmentedA
HE COULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING MUCH BETTER, GOD KNOWS
    A augmentedA     D MajorD     E MajorE     A augmentedA
THAN A augmentedA HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF WILD IRISH ROSE

VERSE 3:
A augmentedA             D MajorD       A augmentedA
A majorA BABY NAMED SCARLET WITH LAUGHING BLUE EYES
  D MajorD         A augmentedA    E MajorE       A augmentedA
HAS BEEN IN HIS WALLET OH WAY BACK SINCE '65
              D MajorD      A augmentedA
SO MUCH WAS FORGOTTEN OH SO FAR BACK IN TIME
  D MajorD      A augmentedA      E MajorE    A augmentedA
WAY DOWN IN THE BOTTOM OF A augmentedA RIVER OF WINE

SPOKEN:
                    D MajorD     A augmentedA
YOU KNOW THEY FOUND HIM ON PARK STREET, WEST 25TH
D MajorD           A augmentedA          E MajorE
THEY CANT EVEN FIND A augmentedA HEART BEAT LORD HIS FINGERS ARE STIFF
A augmentedA                D MajorD      A augmentedA
JUST LIKE THEIR ALL FROZEN HE'S HOLDING HER TIGHT
    D MajorD      A augmentedA       E MajorE     A augmentedA
BUT THE HABIT OH ITS BROKEN THIS IS ROSES LAST NIGHT

CHORUS 2
A augmentedA       C# minorC#m     D MajorD     A augmentedA
HE LIES THERE HOLDING HIS WILD IRISH ROSE
    D MajorD      A augmentedA       E MajorE
BUT HIS SOUL'S IN A augmentedA PLACE WHERE A augmentedA REAL HERO GOES
    A augmentedA       C# minorC#m     D MajorD      A augmentedA
NOW HES GOT SOMETHING BETTER, MUCH BETTER, GOD KNOWS
    No Chords
THAN A augmentedA HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF WILD IRISH ROSE

Outro

A, C#m, D, A, D, A, E MajorE (x2)