Chords for Fred Eaglesmith White Rose, Whelan's Pub, Dublin, Ireland

[E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
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[G#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] Well, when I was a boy growing up in southern Ontario, [C#m] Canada,
I [G#m] had eight brothers and sisters.
_ [E] We lived in a big old [A] farmhouse [E] on a concession road.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ There [B] was a general store there, [G#m] _ and a [A] feed mill,
_ [E] and a White Rose filling station.
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [G#m] And on Saturday afternoon, _ [A] _ _ my dad would [E] go to see his car,
take us [C#m] into that town.
We'd stop [G#m] at that feed mill and get a couple bags of chicken [E] feed,
because you're always out of [A] chicken feed.
_ [E]
And we'd go to that general store and get some [C#m] groceries.
_ Then we'd make our [G#m] way over to that White Rose.
_ [A] He'd get that station wagon filled up,
so we'd go to [E] church on Sunday.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] There was a dime [G#m] Coca-Cola water cooler there.
[E] Salted peanuts stand.
He'd buy us all a Coca-Cola and [C#m] a bag of salted peanuts.
And [G#m] we'd stick those peanuts in that Coca-Cola
just for a little [E] extra [A] fizz.
_ [E] _
We called that going to town.
When I was a [C#m] kid, _ it was [G#m] all we knew.
_ It was [A] all we had.
It was [E] all we wanted.
_ And it [C#m] was good enough.
_ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ Then a big [E] oil company came
and thought they'd buy out that White [C#m] Rose chain.
_ _ [G#m] Oh, they changed the pumps, they paved the parking [A] lot,
made everything nice and shiny,
and they [E] raised the prices just a little.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [G#m]
About a year later, [E] they decided [A] the overhead was too high,
and they [E] closed that White Rose.
_ [C#m] Then the general store closed,
[G#m] and the feed mill moved to another town.
[A] _ _ On [E] a Saturday morning, _ _ _ [C#m] _ on a [G#m] Saturday morning,
_ [A] I was in my daddy's car,
[E] and I turned that key back.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [G#m] It was already _ [A] open.
_ _ [E] Well, the whole town came out to [C#m] watch
the day they paved the parking [B] lot.
[G#m] Somebody had to rip it [E] out, and [A] they cut it out. _
[E] And that big White Rose up on that [C#m] side
was the innocence in [C#] all our [G#m] lives.
You could see it's neon [A] light from half a mile.
_ _ [E] Gas was the decent gallon,
[C#m] and they put it in for you.
[G#m] And they pump your tires, check your oil,
[E] and wash your windows.
[A] _ And [E] we'd shine those cars bright as bright,
and [D#] go park [C#m] underneath that light,
[G#m] and stare out at Prairie sky,
[E] and nothing [A] else.
_ _ [C#m] And they'd [C#] fly up above that,
[G#m] where the windows all got smashed.
[A] There's just a chunk of concrete
[B] where those old cars used to stand.
There's [C#m] a couple of cars out by the [G#m] ground,
and the sun still spins around.
[A] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[E] And the girls that spend a couple of [C#] bucks
to meet the boys working at the [G#m] pumps,
they grow up and fall in [E] love.
They [A] all move away.
_ _ [E] Strangers used to [B] stop and [C#] ask
how far they'd driven off the [G#m] map,
but then they built that old rickshaw
[A] to stay out all the power.
And the girls that spend a couple of bucks
to [C#m] get by with four blacks,
[B]
[G#m] where the windows all got smashed.
[A] There's just a chunk of [B] concrete
where those old cars used to stand.
[C#m] There's a couple [C#] of cars out by the [G#m] ground,
and the sun still spins around.
[A] But I guess the white roads fill a [B] station
with the [C#m] memory of
that [A] neon sign with the heart and [C#m] soul
of this old one-horse town.
[B] And it's like it lost its will to [A] live
the day they cut it down.
And [C#m] they'd fly [C#] with four blacks
[G#m] where the windows all got smashed.
[A] There's just a chunk of concrete
[B] where those old cars used to stand.
[C#m] There's a couple of cars out by the [G#m] ground,
and the sun still spins around.
[A] But I guess the white roads fill a [B] station
with the [C#m] memory of
I [A] guess the white roads fill a [B] station
with the [C#m] memory of
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