Van Lear Rose chords by Loretta Lynn

Chords with lyrics

I am shocked at how few Loretta Lynn tabs we have here!!
So I am going to try and work out the chords to the entire Van Lear Rose album.
It's a REALLY great album, if you're thinking of buying it.
It has a Metascore of 97%!!

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One of my fondest memories
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Was sittin' on my daddy's knee
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Listenin' to the stories that he told
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He'd pull out that old photograph
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Like a treasured memory from the past
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And say child
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This here's the Van Lear Rose

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Oh how it would bring a smile
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When he talked about her big blue eyes
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And how her beauty ran down to her soul
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She'd walk across the coal miners' yard
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Them miners would yell loud and hard
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and they'd dream of who would hold
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The Van Lear Rose


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She was the belle of Johnson County
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Ohio river to Big Sandy
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A augmentedA beauty to behold like a diamond in the coal
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All the miners they would gather 'round
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Talk about the man that came to town
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Right under their nose
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Stole the heart of the Van Lear Rose

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Now the Van Lear Rose could've had her pick
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And all the fellers figured rich
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Until this poor boy caught her eye
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His buddies would all laugh and say
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You're dreamin' boy she'll never look your way
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You'll never ever hold the Van Lear Rose


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She was the belle of Johnson County
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Ohio river to Big Sandy
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A augmentedA beauty to behold like a diamond in the coal
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All the miners they would gather 'round
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Talk about the man that came to town
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Right under their nose
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Stole the heart of the Van Lear Rose


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Then one night in mid July
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Underneath that ol' blue Kentucky sky
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Well, that poor boy won that beauty's heart
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Then my daddy would look at my mommy and smile
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As he brushed the hair back from my eyes and he'd say
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Your mama
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She's the Van Lear Rose


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She was the belle of Johnson County
   G+G
Ohio river to Big Sandy
 D MajorD            G+G
A augmentedA beauty to behold like a diamond in the coal
    C majorC
All the miners they would gather 'round
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Talk about the man that came to town
   D MajorD
Right under their nose
     G+G
Stole the heart of the Van Lear Rose


   D MajorD
Right under their nose
     G+G
Stole the heart of the Van Lear Rose