{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":324534,"song":"There Were Roses","artist":"Tommy Sands","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11553200-there-were-roses-chords-by-tommy-sands/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/324534?type=chord","rating":4.73206,"votes":29,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy song for you this evening is not to make you sad,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNor for adding to the sorrows of our troubled northern land,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut lately I've been thinking and it just wont leave my mind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo tell you of two friends one time, who were both good friends of mine.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAlan Bell from Benagh, he lived just across the fields,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA great man for the nusic and the dancing and the reels,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nO'Mally came from South Armagh to court young Alice fair,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we'd often meet on the Ryan Roan and the laughter filled the air.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were roses, roses, there were roses,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the tears of the people ran together.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThough Alan he was Protesant and Sean was Catholic born,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt never made much difference for the friendship it was strong,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd sometimes in the evenings when we heard the sound of drums,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe said it wont divide us we always will be one.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the ground our fathers ploughed in the soil is just the same,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the places that we say our prayers have just got different names,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe talked about the friends who died and we hoped there'd be no more,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's little then we realised the tragedy in store.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were roses, roses, there were roses,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the tears of the people ran together.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was on a Sunday morning when the awful news came round,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnother killing had been done just outside Newry Town,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe knew that Alan danced up there we knew he liked the band,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut when we heard that he was dead we just could not understand.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe gathered at the grave side on that cold and rainy day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the minister he closed his eyes and prayed for no revenge,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd all of us who knew him from along the Ryan Road,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe bowed our heads and we said a prayer for the resting of his soul.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were roses, roses, there were roses,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the tears of the people ran together.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                               [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow fear it filled the country side, there was fear in every home,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the car of death came prowling round the lonely Ryan Road,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA Catholic would be killed tonigh to even up the score,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh Christ it's young O'Malley that they've taken from the door.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAlan was my friend he cried, he begged them with his fear,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut centuries of hatred have ears that cannot hear,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAn eye for an eye was all that filled their mind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd an eye for another eye till everyone is blind.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were roses, roses, there were roses,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the tears of the people ran together.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo my song for you this evening is not to make you sad,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNor for adding to the sorrows of our troubled northern land,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut lately I've been thinking and it just wont leave my mind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo tell you of two friends one time, who were both good friends of mine.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI dont know where the moral is or where the song should end,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I wonder just how many wars are fought between good friends,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd thoes that give the orders are not the ones to die,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's Bell and O'Malley and the likes of you and I.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]","chords":["G","C","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}