When The Roses Bloom Again chords by Wilco

Chords with lyrics

This is the way I saw Jeff Tweedy playing it live.

Capo 5th.

Verse 1

E minorEm
They were strolling in the gloaming
     A minorAm
Where the roses were in bloom
 C/GC/G                 G+G
A augmentedA soldier and his sweetheart brave and true
     E minorEm
And their hearts were filled with sorrow
     A minorAm
For their thoughts were of tomorrow
    C/GC/G              G+G
As she pinned a rose upon his coat of blue

Chorus

C/GC/G
Do not ask me love to linger
     A minorAm
When you know not what to say
  G+G                 E minorEm
For duty calls your sweetheart's name again
     C/GC/G
And your heart need not be sighing
  A minorAm
If I be among the dying
    G+G               E minorEm
I'll be with you when the roses bloom again

Verse 2

E minorEm
When the roses bloom again
  A minorAm
Beside the river
    C/GC/G               G+G
And the mockingbird has sung his sweet refrain
    E minorEm
In the days of Old Lang Syne
    A minorAm
I'll be with you sweetheart mine
    C/GC/G              G+G
I'll be with you when the roses bloom again

Verse 3

E minorEm
Mid the rattle of the battle
      A minorAm
Came a whisper soft and low
 C/GC/G              G+G
A augmentedA soldier who had fallen in the fray
   E minorEm
I am dying, I am dying
   A minorAm
And I know I'll have to go
       C/GC/G           G+G
But I want to tell you before I pass away

Chorus

C/GC/G
There's a far and distant river
     A minorAm
Where the roses are in bloom
 G+G                  E minorEm
A augmentedA sweetheart who is waiting there for me
     C/GC/G
And it's there I pray you take me
     A minorAm
I've been faithful, don't forsake me
    G+G               E minorEm
I'll be with her when the roses bloom again