Red Is The Rose chords by Tommy Makem

Red Is The Rose

on 3rd fret, fingerpicking

fingerpicking pattern (e.g. for C major)

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C             Am       F            G
Come over the hills my bonnie Irish lass
C             Am          F    C
Come over the hills to my darl-ing
F              C             F             G
You choose the road love and I'll make the vow
    C            F    C    G     C
And I'll be your true love for-ever


CHORUS
           Am           F             G
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
C           Am          F   C
Fair is the lily of the val-ley
F            C          F              G
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
    C          F    C  G      C
But my love is fair-er than any

             Am          F                   G
Twas down by Killarney's green woods that we strayed
C                Am              F    C
The moon and the stars they were shin-ing
F                  C           F               G
The moon shone its rays on his locks of golden hair
   C             F  C    G     C
He swore he'd be my love for-ever

Repeat Chorus

                 Am      F              G
It's not for the parting that my sister pains
C                Am          F    C
It's not for the grief of my mo-ther
F               C          F            G
Tis all for the loss of my bonnie Irish lass
     C           F    C   G     C
That my heart is breaking for-ever

Repeat Chorus