Intro: E A E E B E (x2) Verse 1: E A E Taking nothing but his daddy's old bone-grip knife Dbm A B E He traded but a little for the wayward life E A E A faint heart never won fair hand E A B E So says the Rose of England E A E E B E (x2) Verse 2: E A E From high on a hill came the clarion call Dbm A B E To gain young men, come one, come all E A E Make muster 'gainst the foreign hand E A B E That's raised to the Rose of England
E A E E B E (x2) Verse 3: E A E For her feckless boys she did weep and wail Dbm A B E Saying, Lord have mercy where did I fail? E A E Out of my belly,to pick up a gun E A B E D And fall for the Rose of England Bridge: A D A God knows it's a cold outside E D It's a fire by day and a freeze at night A D A I know it's a hell out there E B How loud the mouth when the heart don't care Verse 4: E A E He's damned if he don't, and damned if he do Dbm A B E He'd die if he ever found out we knew E A E Hot potato, drop it and run E A B E Far from the Rose of England Outro: Dbm A B E Far from the Rose of England Dbm A B E Far from the Rose of England Dbm Dbm F# A Far from the Rose of England E A E E B E (x2)
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