Chords for Colby Acuff - Cherokee Rose (Official Visualizer)

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I [F] was just out of service drifting through the _ countryside _
_ _ [Dm] Found a field of _ fireflies to [C] bed down for the night _
_ [F] before I fell asleep _
_ Something caught [Dm] my eye
_ _ _ There was [Bb] another man in the field
_ _ [C] shadow and [F] moonlight _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Late in the springtime _
[Bbm] When the Sun [F] goes down you [Dm] can find a man in a field [C] across the street from his house _ _
[F] Picking him a bouquet
underneath the May full [Dm] _ moon _
_ _ _ [Bb] With aging eyes as [Eb] misty as an [C] early morning [F] dew
_ _ I _ _ met him through the fireflies
He was [Bbm] a kind-hearted man and [Dm] I asked about the bouquet [C] as I went to shake his [C] hand
_ [F] He told me about his late wife and flowers that [Dm] she grew _ _
_ [Bb] Now springtime was her favorite cuz [C] that's when everything [F] would bloom
_ _ _ Said [Bb] at night I [C] go picking a [F] Cherokee _ rose
_ _ _ _ [Bb] I'll lay him [C] on her headstone
[F] She loved them [Dm] the most _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] No matter how [C] many I have won't bring her [F] back [Dm] I _ suppose
But it makes [Bb] me feel
_ _ close
_ [C] _ _
_ _ _ to my Cherokee [F] _
rose
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] He took me to where she lay low [Bb] and he said my [F] dearest rose
_ [Dm] I lost her giving birth to [C] a boy.
I'll never know
_ _ [F] Sat there in silence as he held hands with [Dm] her ghost _ _ _
_ _ [F] Till we made [Bb] again the only [C] peace I'll ever [F] know _
_ He _ said [Bb] at night I [C] go picking a [F] Cherokee _ rose
_ _ _ [Bb] I'll lay him on [C] her headstone
_ [F] She loved them [Dm] the most _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] No matter how many [C] I have won't [F] bring her back _ [Dm] I suppose
_ But it makes me [F] _
feel
_ _ close
to [C] _
_ _ _ _ my [F] Cherokee _ rose _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Days _ _ went on
[F] And years went by
[Bb] On a rainy autumn day he joined her home [F] in the side
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But in his will [Gm] _ [Eb] it was much to my [C] _ _ surprise _
He left [Bb] me everything he had _ _ [C] for just a small prize
_ _ _ _ Oh, [F] it's been _ 35 _ years since this land became _ my [Dm] man
Many [D] things have changed but one [C] thing has stood the test of time _ _ _ _
[F] Spend every spring
_ picking flowers with [Dm] my _ wife _ _
_ [Bb] Because he taught me love is one thing [C] that will never [F] die _
_ _ _ _ Now [Bb] at night I [C] go picking a Cherokee [F] _
rose
_ _ _ [Bb] I'll lay it on [C] his headstone.
[F] She loved her [D] the most
_ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Bb] Matter how many [F] I [C] have won't bring back [Dm] I suppose
_ _ But I know [Bb] that he's
_ [F] _ close _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ to his [F] Cherokee _