The Rose Of England chords by Lowe Nick

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D  D  D  G
D  D  A  D
D  D  D  G
D  D  A  D
D  D  D  D   x2


Verse 1:
       D                           G          D
Taking nothing but his daddy's old bone-grip knife
   Bm           G              A       D
He traded but a little for the wayward life
D                    G        D
 A faint heart never won fair hand
Bm          G        A D
So says the Rose of England

Interlude:
D  D  A  D


Verse 2:
     D                       G       D
From high on a hill came the clarion call
   Bm         G         A         D
To gain young men, come one, come all
D                        G       D
 Make muster 'gainst the foreign hand
       Bm            G       A  D
That's raised to the Rose of England


Interlude:
D  D  D  G
D  D  A  D


Verse 3:
        D                     G        C
For her feckless boys she did weep and wail
        Bm        G           A     D
Saying, Lord have mercy where did I fail?
D                     G         D
 Out of my belly, the pick up a gun
    Bm           G       A  D
And fall for the Rose of England


Interlude:
D  D  A  D


Refrain:
G                 C       G
 God knows it's a cold outside
       D
It's a fire by day and a freeze at night
G              C        G
 I know it's a hell out there
D                           A
How loud the mouth when the heart don't care
     D                       G            D
He's damned if he don't, and damned if he do
     Bm        G          A      D
He'd die if he ever found out we knew
D            G           D
 Hot potato, drop it and run
Bm           G       A  D
Far from the Rose of England


Interldue:
D  D  D  G
D  D  A  D
D  D  D  G
D  D  A  D


Refrain:
G                 C       G
 God knows it's a cold outside
       D
It's a fire by day and a freeze at night
G              C        G
 I know it's a hell out there
D                           A
How loud the mouth when the heart don't care
     D                       G            D
He's damned if he don't, and damned if he do
     Bm        G          A      D
He'd die if he ever found out we knew
D            G           D
 Hot potato, drop it and run
Bm           G       A  D
Far from the Rose of England


Tag:
Bm           G       A  D
Far from the Rose of England
Bm           G       A  D
Far from the Rose of England
Bm                   E   G
Far from the Rose of Eng - land


Outro:
D  D  D  G
D  D  A  D
D  D  D  G
D  D  A  D
D  D  D  G
D  D  A  D
D  D  D  G
D  D  A  D