Chords for Red Sovine "Little Rosa"
Tempo:
74.25 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
B
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B] [C] Little Rosa [F] was [C] her name, and still [G] I cry in vain.
Won't be the same since she's [C] gone from me.
[F]
[C] I had gone to visit a grave of a friend of mine, [G] and as I walked through the graveyard,
[Dm] [G] I noticed this man kneeling down by the grave of a child.
And in his hand he held a big red rose, and [C] tears were streaming down his cheeks.
I walked over and laid a hand on his shoulder and started [F] to talk to him.
[C] And during the course of our conversation, and [Eb] he spoke in [G] English,
this is the story just as he told it to me.
He said, Mr.
I'm a-walkin' down the street today and I pass by a bigger [C] flower shop.
I walk in and I ask the man in the shop, I say, Boss, [F] how much for one red rose?
[C] And he look at me with one a bigger frown and he says, I want a dollar, [G] please.
But in a by and a by, a swollen-dressed blonde young lady walk in and she says,
how much for one red rose?
And he look at her with one a bigger smile and he [C] says, ten cents.
And I said, Boss, how come you charging me a dollar for the rose?
[F] And he charged the young lady only [C] ten cents.
And he says, look mister, you [G] telling me why you want the rose and maybe I'll give it to you for naught.
And I said, Boss, I'm a hard-working man, workin' the railroad and only make a three dollar a day.
[C]
And I got a little girl and her name is Rosa.
Well, Rosa's [F] just about this high, Boss.
[C] Every day when I come home from work, a little Rosa come a-runnin' to meet her papa.
[G] She'd throw her little arms around my neck and say, Papa.
And I'd say, Rosa.
But the one a day, Boss, I come home from work and I don't see Rosa.
I look her down by the [C] railroad track and I see one a bigger crowd.
Oh, I go down and I push the crowd this way and I push the crowd that way.
[F]
[Cm] And I've all set my feet [C] and laid my little Rosa.
And that's why I want the rose, Boss.
[G] I want to put it on little Rosa's grave.
The man, he don't say a naught.
But he picked the biggest and the reddest rose.
And he give it to me.
[C] And I say, thank you, Boss.
Thank you very much.
And though she's [F] gone, [C] you see,
She's still [G] the world to me.
To me, she'll always be
That [B] little [D] girl [Gm] of [G] mine.
[C]
Won't be the same since she's [C] gone from me.
[F]
[C] I had gone to visit a grave of a friend of mine, [G] and as I walked through the graveyard,
[Dm] [G] I noticed this man kneeling down by the grave of a child.
And in his hand he held a big red rose, and [C] tears were streaming down his cheeks.
I walked over and laid a hand on his shoulder and started [F] to talk to him.
[C] And during the course of our conversation, and [Eb] he spoke in [G] English,
this is the story just as he told it to me.
He said, Mr.
I'm a-walkin' down the street today and I pass by a bigger [C] flower shop.
I walk in and I ask the man in the shop, I say, Boss, [F] how much for one red rose?
[C] And he look at me with one a bigger frown and he says, I want a dollar, [G] please.
But in a by and a by, a swollen-dressed blonde young lady walk in and she says,
how much for one red rose?
And he look at her with one a bigger smile and he [C] says, ten cents.
And I said, Boss, how come you charging me a dollar for the rose?
[F] And he charged the young lady only [C] ten cents.
And he says, look mister, you [G] telling me why you want the rose and maybe I'll give it to you for naught.
And I said, Boss, I'm a hard-working man, workin' the railroad and only make a three dollar a day.
[C]
And I got a little girl and her name is Rosa.
Well, Rosa's [F] just about this high, Boss.
[C] Every day when I come home from work, a little Rosa come a-runnin' to meet her papa.
[G] She'd throw her little arms around my neck and say, Papa.
And I'd say, Rosa.
But the one a day, Boss, I come home from work and I don't see Rosa.
I look her down by the [C] railroad track and I see one a bigger crowd.
Oh, I go down and I push the crowd this way and I push the crowd that way.
[F]
[Cm] And I've all set my feet [C] and laid my little Rosa.
And that's why I want the rose, Boss.
[G] I want to put it on little Rosa's grave.
The man, he don't say a naught.
But he picked the biggest and the reddest rose.
And he give it to me.
[C] And I say, thank you, Boss.
Thank you very much.
And though she's [F] gone, [C] you see,
She's still [G] the world to me.
To me, she'll always be
That [B] little [D] girl [Gm] of [G] mine.
[C]
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[B] _ [C] _ _ Little Rosa [F] was [C] her name, _ and still [G] I cry in vain.
_ _ _ Won't be the same since she's [C] gone from me.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] I had gone to visit a grave of a friend of mine, [G] and as I walked through the graveyard,
[Dm] [G] I noticed this man kneeling down by the grave of a child.
And in his hand he held a big red rose, and [C] tears were streaming down his cheeks.
I walked over and laid a hand on his shoulder and started [F] to talk to him.
_ [C] And during the course of our conversation, and [Eb] he spoke in [G] English,
_ this is the story just as he told it to me.
_ He said, Mr.
I'm a-walkin' down the street today and I pass by a bigger [C] flower shop.
_ I walk in and I ask the man in the shop, I say, Boss, [F] how much for one red rose?
[C] _ And he look at me with one a bigger frown and he says, I want a dollar, [G] please.
But in a by and a by, a swollen-dressed blonde young lady walk in and she says,
how much for one red rose?
And he look at her with one a bigger smile and he [C] says, ten cents.
And I said, Boss, how come you charging me a dollar for the rose?
[F] And he charged the young lady only [C] ten cents.
And he says, look mister, you [G] telling me why you want the rose and maybe I'll give it to you for naught.
_ And I said, Boss, I'm a hard-working man, workin' the railroad and only make a three dollar a day.
[C]
And I got a little girl and her name is Rosa.
Well, Rosa's [F] just about this high, Boss.
[C] Every day when I come home from work, a little Rosa come a-runnin' to meet her papa.
[G] She'd throw her little arms around my neck and say, Papa.
And I'd say, Rosa.
But the one a day, Boss, I come home from work and I don't see Rosa.
I look her down by the [C] railroad track and I see one a bigger crowd.
Oh, I go down and I push the crowd this way and I push the crowd that way.
[F]
[Cm] And I've all set my feet [C] and laid my little Rosa.
And that's why I want the rose, Boss.
[G] I want to put it on little Rosa's grave.
The man, he don't say a naught.
But he picked the biggest and the reddest rose.
And he give it to me.
[C] And I say, thank you, Boss.
Thank you very much.
And though she's [F] gone, [C] you see,
_ She's still [G] the world to me.
To me, she'll always be
That [B] little [D] girl _ [Gm] of [G] mine.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ Won't be the same since she's [C] gone from me.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] I had gone to visit a grave of a friend of mine, [G] and as I walked through the graveyard,
[Dm] [G] I noticed this man kneeling down by the grave of a child.
And in his hand he held a big red rose, and [C] tears were streaming down his cheeks.
I walked over and laid a hand on his shoulder and started [F] to talk to him.
_ [C] And during the course of our conversation, and [Eb] he spoke in [G] English,
_ this is the story just as he told it to me.
_ He said, Mr.
I'm a-walkin' down the street today and I pass by a bigger [C] flower shop.
_ I walk in and I ask the man in the shop, I say, Boss, [F] how much for one red rose?
[C] _ And he look at me with one a bigger frown and he says, I want a dollar, [G] please.
But in a by and a by, a swollen-dressed blonde young lady walk in and she says,
how much for one red rose?
And he look at her with one a bigger smile and he [C] says, ten cents.
And I said, Boss, how come you charging me a dollar for the rose?
[F] And he charged the young lady only [C] ten cents.
And he says, look mister, you [G] telling me why you want the rose and maybe I'll give it to you for naught.
_ And I said, Boss, I'm a hard-working man, workin' the railroad and only make a three dollar a day.
[C]
And I got a little girl and her name is Rosa.
Well, Rosa's [F] just about this high, Boss.
[C] Every day when I come home from work, a little Rosa come a-runnin' to meet her papa.
[G] She'd throw her little arms around my neck and say, Papa.
And I'd say, Rosa.
But the one a day, Boss, I come home from work and I don't see Rosa.
I look her down by the [C] railroad track and I see one a bigger crowd.
Oh, I go down and I push the crowd this way and I push the crowd that way.
[F]
[Cm] And I've all set my feet [C] and laid my little Rosa.
And that's why I want the rose, Boss.
[G] I want to put it on little Rosa's grave.
The man, he don't say a naught.
But he picked the biggest and the reddest rose.
And he give it to me.
[C] And I say, thank you, Boss.
Thank you very much.
And though she's [F] gone, [C] you see,
_ She's still [G] the world to me.
To me, she'll always be
That [B] little [D] girl _ [Gm] of [G] mine.
_ [C] _