Chords with lyrics
[Verse 1]
C majorC G+G A minorAm
Johnny can't play, Rosemary's sitting in a shower of rain.
DmDm Bm7b5 Bm7b5 C majorC E7E7
Sunny sunny days have all turned over to filthy weather.
C majorC G+G A minorAm
She can't stay there coughing all the day there, down in the meadow.
DmDm Bm7b5 Bm7b5
But Johnny can't play no more.
C majorC E7E7
Nobody'll go and get her.
Bb majorBb Gm/Bb FF C majorC E7E7
The sun doesn't get any higher, Rosemary doesn't get any drier.
[Verse 2]
C majorC G+G
Father says kill them, preachers says God's will be done.
A minorAm
Mother says be still then, Rosy's in the meadow.
DmDm Bm7b5 Bm7b5
And the sheep are on the hill still.
C majorC E7E7
And the birds are on the willow.
[Verse 3]
C majorC G+G A minorAm
There were twenty-five jenny wrens sitting on a willow when the wind came in;
DmDm Bm7b5 Bm7b5
None of them could sing.
A minorAm E7E7
We'll never be the same again.
Bb majorBb Gm/Bb FF C majorC E7E7
The sun doesn't get any better, Rosemary just gets wetter.
[Verse 4]
C majorC G+G A minorAm
Johnny can't play, Rosemary's sitting in a shower of rain and it'll kill her.
DmDm Bm7b5 Bm7b5 C majorC E7E7
Sunny sunny days have all turned over to filthy weather.
C majorC G+G A minorAm
She can't stay there coughing all day there, dying in the meadow.
DmDm Bm7b5 Bm7b5
But Johnny can't play no more,
BB E7E7 A minorAm
Rosemary's lying in a shower of rain.
DmDm Bm7b5 Bm7b5 C majorC E7E7 A minorAm