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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":633981,"song":"There Were Roses","artist":"Cara Dillon","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11575287-there-were-roses-chords-by-cara-dillon/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/633981?type=chord","rating":4.54498,"votes":23,"content":"Capo on 4\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verses]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nmy song for you this evening[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's not to make you sad[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nnor for adding to the sorrows[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nof this troubled northern land[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut lately I been thinking[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand it just won't leave my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nto tell you of two friends one time[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwho were both good friends of mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIsaac he was protestant[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand Sean was catholic born[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nit never made a difference[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nfor the friendship it was strong[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand sometimes in the evening[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhen we heard the sound of the drums[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwe said it won't divide us[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwe will always be the ones[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]           [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]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the tears of a people ran together[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nit was on the Sunday morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhen the awful news came round[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nanother killing has been done[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\njust outside newry town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nwe knew that Isaac danced up there[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwe knew he liked the band[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhen we heard that he was dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwe just could not understand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nwell fear it filled the countryside[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthere was fear in every home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand late at night a car came[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nprowling round the ryan road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\na catholic will be killed tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nto even up the score[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\no christ it's young McDonald[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthat they've taken from the door[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]           [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]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the tears of the people ran together[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Isaac was my friend\" he cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhe begged them with his tears[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut centuries of hatred[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhave ears that do not hear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nan eye for an eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwas all that filled their minds[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand another eye for another eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\ntill everyone is blind[/tab]\r\n\r\n N.C.\r\nI don't know where the moral is\r\n\r\nor where this song should end\r\n\r\nbut I wonder just how many wars\r\n\r\nare fought between good friends\r\n\r\nand those that give the orders\r\n\r\nare not the ones to die\r\n\r\nit's Scott and McDonald\r\n\r\nand the likes of you and I\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]           [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]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the tears of the people ran together[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [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]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the tears of the people ran together[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo on 4\n\n[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verses]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG     C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n N.C.\nI don't know where the moral is\n\nor where this song should end\n\nbut I wonder just how many wars\n\nare fought between good friends\n\nand those that give the orders\n\nare not the ones to die\n\nit's Scott and McDonald\n\nand the likes of you and 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