Rosalee chords by Molly Tuttle

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: Em

Intro:

Em    Am    D
Em


Verse 1:
Em
Off a no-name road on Chickasaw Bluff
         G
Feel the hair on the back of your neck stand up
         Am
When you see those cypress roots that wind
         C                       D
'Round a marble stone that says "Bill O'Brian"
Em
Legend lives, the old folks tell
    G
The ghost of a lawman haunts these hills
Am
Looking for the woman that shot him down
         C           D       A
And the 44 that was never found
C                    D
Under that Chickasaw ground

Chorus:
Am  Em
Rosalee
    B7                              Em
You better run before they hunt you down in Tennessee
Am            Em
Damn that deputy
         B7                                    Em
'Cause a jealous heart ain't worth the cost of hanging from the gallows tree
    Am                                       B7
And what if they find out just who fired the gun?
N.C.                Em
Rosalee, you better run


Verse 2:
Em
More thorn than rose, how oft they'd say
       G
Of the girl with the golden hair in braids
Am
Raven eyes and her copper kettle
C                         D
Charmed the hearts of the best bootleggers
Em
Bill O'Brian moved in on the bluff
   G
He laid the law down a little too rough
Am
Busting every keg and still
        C                      D        A
'Til he fell in love with that whiskey gal
           C                D
If I can't have her, no man will


Chorus:
Am  Em
Rosalee
    B7                              Em
You better run before they hunt you down in Tennessee
Am            Em
Damn that deputy
         B7                                    Em
'Cause a jealous heart ain't worth the cost of hanging from the gallows tree
    Am                                       B7
And what if they find out just who fired the gun?
N.C.                Em
Rosalee, you better run


Bridge:
Am                                   Em
What if they knew Miss Betty Lou had seen him at the dance that night?
B7                                Em
What if they noticed Otis Johnson begging him not to fight?
Am                                 Em
What if they heard his final words layin' by the cypress tree?
    B7        Em
Rosalee, Rosalee


Instrumental Break:
Em    Am  C B7 Em
Am  C D


Verse 3:
      Em
Off a no-name road on Chickasaw Bluff
          G
There's a wise old woman with a whiskey jug
Am
Some say saint, some say killer
     C                     D
They never could prove who pulled that trigger
  Em
Beneath those cypress roots that wind
    G                Em
The secret died with Bill O'Brian
      Am
He'll follow her to the depths of hell
    C                    D         A
Mix love and whiskey, it won't end well
    C                      D
Sometimes you can hear him yell


Chorus:
Am  Em
Rosalee
    B7                              Em
You better run before they hunt you down in Tennessee
Am            Em
Damn that deputy
         B7                                    Em
'Cause a jealous heart ain't worth the cost of hanging from the gallows tree
    Am                                       B7
And what if they find out just who fired the gun?
                    Em
Rosalee, you better run
    Am C D    Em
Rosalee
Rosalee


Outro:
Em   Am  Em C D A  Em