Rose Of San Joaquin chords - Tom Russell

Guitar chords

The Rose Of The San Joaquin

by:  Tom Russell
written by:  Tom Russell & Ian Tyson - Frontera Music/Slick Fork Music

Note:  I've listed the chord on the refrain over "Rose" as a Cm.
       I'm not sure if this is correct but it is played the same as a
       B minorBm only on the third fret instead of the second.


G+G  E minorEm  G+G  E minorEm

    G+G                       B minorBm        C majorC                           G+G
Farewell to the lights of Madera, I'm ...
G+G                             B minorBm         C majorC                         G+G
Tell all of my friends in Dos Palos, I'm ...
G+G                               E minorEm
Now I'm crossing ...
       G+G                     E minorEm
By the light of a ...
          C majorC        C minorCm             G+G     E minorEm
Lord I'll miss the Rose ....


E minorEm            G+G                   B minorBm           C majorC           G+G
I'll miss the sun on the Sierra ...
G+G                          B minorBm              C majorC                     G+G
Shining down on my love in Madera, ....
G+G                              E minorEm
Oh she taught me those ...
G+G                      E minorEm
"Volver, Volver....
      C majorC        C minorCm          G+G
And I miss the Rose ...
G+G                   E minorEm
Caught ...
    C majorC            C minorCm             G+G     E minorEm
The road and the Rose ....

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E minorEm     G+G                      B minorBm             C majorC                      G+G
Oh her black hair fell on the blanket in ....
G+G                                    B minorBm
Making love through the ...
         C majorC                          G+G
Oh Magdalene how my heart ...
G+G                        E minorEm
Alone on this ...
G+G                       E minorEm
You are the ...
      C majorC        C minorCm             G+G
And I miss the Rose of ....
G+G                   E minorEm
Caught somewhere ....
    C majorC            C minorCm             G+G     E minorEm
The road and the ...

G+G  E minorEm  C majorC  C minorCm  G+G

From the album The Rose Of The San Joaquin 1995 Hightone Records
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