Give Me The Roses While I Live chords by The Carter Family
Guitar chords with lyrics
Intro chords: G / / | G / / | G / / | G / / | G / / | G / / | D7 / / | D7 / / | G / / | G/ / | Intro melody - and play before each verse. Intro melody starts on bar 3.: e |-------|--------|------|-----|-------|------|----| B |-0-----|--------|------|-0---|---0-1-|-0----|----| G |---2-0-|--------|-0--2-|-----|-2-----|----2-|-0--| D |-------|-0--2h4-|------|-----|-------|---0--|----| A |-------|--------|------|-----|-------|------|----| E |-------|--------|------|-----|-------|------|----| *********************************** | h Hammer-on ***********************************
Verse 1:
G
Wonderful things of folks are said
D7 G
When they have passed away
Roses adorn their narrow bed
D7 G
Over the sleeping clay
Chorus:
C G
Give me the roses while I live
D7
Trying to cheer me on
G
Useless are flowers that you give
D7 G
After the soul has gone
Verse 2:
G
Let us not wait to do good deeds
D7 G
Till they have passed away
Now is the time to sow good seeds
D7 G
While here on earth we stay
Chorus:
C G
Give me the roses while I live
D7
Trying to cheer me on
G
Useless are flowers that you give
D7 G
After the soul has gone
Verse 3:
G
Kind words are useless when folks lie
D7
Cold in a narrow bed
G
Don't wait till death to speak kind words
D7 G
Now should the words be said
Chorus:
C G
Give me the roses while I live
D7
Trying to cheer me on
G
Useless are flowers that you give
D7 G
After the soul has gone
Verse 4:
G
Give me the roses while I live
D7 G
Don’t wait until I die
G
To spread the roses o’er my grave
D7 G
To see as you pass it by
Chorus:
C G
Give me the roses while I live
D7
Trying to cheer me on
G
Useless are flowers that you give
D7 G
After the soul has gone Last updated:
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