Chords for Cactus and the Rose (cover song) orig recorded by Gary Stewart
Tempo:
124.3 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Em
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
I'm in my tent at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
So I thought I'd do a song I recently learned about cactus.
remember who wrote it, but it was played by, sung by Gary Stewart.
We'll see if I can remember how it goes.
Sitting [F#] [G]
[C] [G]
[Em]
[C]
So I thought I'd do a song I recently learned about cactus.
remember who wrote it, but it was played by, sung by Gary Stewart.
We'll see if I can remember how it goes.
Sitting [F#] [G]
[C] [G]
[Em]
[C]
100% ➙ 124BPM
G
C
D
Em
F#
G
C
D
I'm in my tent at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
So I thought I'd do a song I recently learned about cactus.
It was, um, I don't remember who wrote it, but it was played by, sung by Gary Stewart. _
_ _ We'll see if I can remember how it goes. _ _ _ _
Sitting [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] here in this New York _ [G] townhouse, _ _ decorated in grays and [B] blues, [C] and _ everybody _ [G] _ knows love
[C] won't grow _ for [D] a cactus [G] and a rose. _ _ _
When that old wild streak [D] beneath my skin [Em] _
_ sets my [C] craziness free again, they'll [C] all say I told [G] you so. _
[C] Love won't grow _ for [D] a cactus and [G] a rose.
[D] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [G] _ Cause I still like [Em] to drink my beer [C] and I still [F] love honky [G] tonks.
[E] _ [Em] Where the good old girls will always dance with you [C] when my high [D] pollutin' women won't.
And [G] I'm locked into [Bm]
a way of life [C] and I can't give it up.
[G] I know it makes me [C] _ sad.
[G] Love can't be [E] had for a cactus _ and a rose.
It [C] makes me _ sad.
[D] Love can't be had for a cactus [F#] _
and [G] a rose. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Sometimes falling [E] makes more sense than [Em]
sitting in the middle [G] of the same old house.
[C] You're gonna lose either way [G] it _ [D] goes.
[C] Love won't grow _ [D] for a cactus [G] and a [D] rose.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ So I'm sitting here [D] in this New York _ townhouse, _ decorated [G] in [Dm] grays and blues, _ [C]
and [F] everybody _ [D] _ _
knows
[C] Love won't grow _ for [D] a cactus _ [G] and a _ _ rose.
_ Cause I still like [Em] to drink my beer and [C] I still love honky [G] _ tonks.
[Em] Where the good old girls will always dance with you [C] when my high pollutin' [D] women won't.
And [G] I'm locked into [Bm]
a way of life [C] and I can't give it up.
[Dm] I know it makes me [C] _ sad.
_ [G] Love can't be had for [F#] a cactus _ and a rose.
It [C] makes me _ sad.
Love can't be had [D] for a cactus _ [G] and a rose. _
It _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ makes me [C] sad. _ _
Love [G] can't be had for [F#] a cactus _ [G] and a rose. _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _
Cactus and a Rose, Gary Stewart
[N] _
So I thought I'd do a song I recently learned about cactus.
It was, um, I don't remember who wrote it, but it was played by, sung by Gary Stewart. _
_ _ We'll see if I can remember how it goes. _ _ _ _
Sitting [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] here in this New York _ [G] townhouse, _ _ decorated in grays and [B] blues, [C] and _ everybody _ [G] _ knows love
[C] won't grow _ for [D] a cactus [G] and a rose. _ _ _
When that old wild streak [D] beneath my skin [Em] _
_ sets my [C] craziness free again, they'll [C] all say I told [G] you so. _
[C] Love won't grow _ for [D] a cactus and [G] a rose.
[D] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [G] _ Cause I still like [Em] to drink my beer [C] and I still [F] love honky [G] tonks.
[E] _ [Em] Where the good old girls will always dance with you [C] when my high [D] pollutin' women won't.
And [G] I'm locked into [Bm]
a way of life [C] and I can't give it up.
[G] I know it makes me [C] _ sad.
[G] Love can't be [E] had for a cactus _ and a rose.
It [C] makes me _ sad.
[D] Love can't be had for a cactus [F#] _
and [G] a rose. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Sometimes falling [E] makes more sense than [Em]
sitting in the middle [G] of the same old house.
[C] You're gonna lose either way [G] it _ [D] goes.
[C] Love won't grow _ [D] for a cactus [G] and a [D] rose.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ So I'm sitting here [D] in this New York _ townhouse, _ decorated [G] in [Dm] grays and blues, _ [C]
and [F] everybody _ [D] _ _
knows
[C] Love won't grow _ for [D] a cactus _ [G] and a _ _ rose.
_ Cause I still like [Em] to drink my beer and [C] I still love honky [G] _ tonks.
[Em] Where the good old girls will always dance with you [C] when my high pollutin' [D] women won't.
And [G] I'm locked into [Bm]
a way of life [C] and I can't give it up.
[Dm] I know it makes me [C] _ sad.
_ [G] Love can't be had for [F#] a cactus _ and a rose.
It [C] makes me _ sad.
Love can't be had [D] for a cactus _ [G] and a rose. _
It _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ makes me [C] sad. _ _
Love [G] can't be had for [F#] a cactus _ [G] and a rose. _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _
Cactus and a Rose, Gary Stewart
[N] _