Chords with lyrics
Red Is The Rose
on 3rd fret, fingerpicking
fingerpicking pattern (e.g. for C majorC major)
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C majorC A minorAm FF G+G
Come over the hills my bonnie Irish lass
C majorC A minorAm FF C majorC
Come over the hills to my darl-ing
FF C majorC FF G+G
You choose the road love and I'll make the vow
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC
And I'll be your true love for-ever
CHORUS
A minorAm FF G+G
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
C majorC A minorAm FF C majorC
Fair is the lily of the val-ley
FF C majorC FF G+G
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC
But my love is fair-er than any
A minorAm FF G+G
Twas down by Killarney's green woods that we strayed
C majorC A minorAm FF C majorC
The moon and the stars they were shin-ing
FF C majorC FF G+G
The moon shone its rays on his locks of golden hair
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC
He swore he'd be my love for-ever
Repeat Chorus
A minorAm FF G+G
It's not for the parting that my sister pains
C majorC A minorAm FF C majorC
It's not for the grief of my mo-ther
FF C majorC FF G+G
Tis all for the loss of my bonnie Irish lass
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC
That my heart is breaking for-ever
Repeat Chorus