The Yellow Rose of Texas Chords by 2Nd South Carolina String Band

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There's a yellow rose in Texas that I am gonna see.
No other soldier knows her, [D] no soldier, [G] only me.
She cried so when I left her, it like to broke my heart.
[C] And if I [G] ever find her, [D] we never more [G] will part.
She's the [Em] sweetest rose of color this soldier ever knew.
Her eyes are bright as diamonds, [D] they sparkle like [G] the dew.
You may talk about your dearest name, sing the Rosalie,
but the yellow rose of Texas beats [D] the bells of [G] Tennessee. _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ Where the Rio Grande is flowing and the starry skies are bright,
she walks along the river in [D] the quiet [G] summer night.
She thinks if I remember when we parted long ago,
I promised to come back again [D] and not to leave [G] her so.
She's the sweetest rose of color this soldier ever knew.
Her eyes are bright as diamonds, they [D] sparkle like [G] the dew.
You may talk about your dearest name, sing the Rosalie,
but the yellow rose of Texas [D] beats the bells of [G] Tennessee. _
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Well now I'm headed southward and my heart is sinking low.
I'm going back to Georgia [D] to find my [G] Uncle Joe.
You may talk about your old regards and speak of Bobby Lee,
but the gal in Florida, Texas, she [D] played hell in [G] Tennessee.
She's the sweetest rose of color this soldier ever knew.
Her eyes are bright as diamonds, [D] they sparkle [G] like the dew.
You may talk about your dearest name, sing the Rosalie,
[E] but the yellow [G] rose of Texas [D] beats the bells of [G] Tennessee. _
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Oh now I'm gonna find her before my heart is full of woe.
We'll sing the song together [D] that we sang so [G] long ago.
We'll play the banjo, Gaby, and we'll sing the songs of yore.
[Em] And the yellow [G] rose of Texas [D] shall be mine _ [G] forevermore.
She's the sweetest rose of color this soldier ever knew.
Her eyes are bright as diamonds, [D] they sparkle [G] like the dew.
You may talk about your dearest name, sing the Rosalie,
[E] but the yellow [G] rose of Texas [D] beats the bells of [G] Tennessee.
But the yellow rose of Texas [D] beats the bells of [G] Tennessee. _
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