Grateful Dead - It Must Have Been the Roses Chords

Tempo:
80.8 bpm
Chords used:

A

E

D

B

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Grateful Dead - It Must Have Been the Roses chords
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[A] [E] [A] [B] [A] [E]
[A]
[F#] [G#] [A] Annie laid her head [D]
down in [A] the rosin.
[E] She [A] had the ribbons, ribbons, [Em] ribbons [D] in her long, long hair.
[A]
[D] I don't know, [E] maybe it [A] was the rosin.
[F#m] [A] All I know, [E] I could not be [A] worthy.
[E] [F#m] [E] [A] Ten years the wedge [D] rolled the ships home [A] from the sea.
[G#] [A] I'm thinking, well, how it may [G] blow, [D] and all good company.
If [A]
I tell [E] another what [D] your old nips told to me.
[A] Let me lay [E] beneath the rosin, [D] let my eyes no longer see.
I don't know, [E] it must have been [A] the rosin.
[Bm] [D] The rosin [E] for the ribbons [A] in her [G] long, [D] long hair.
[Dm] I [D] don't know, [E]
maybe it [A] was the rosin.
[F#m]
[A] All I know, [E] I could not be [A] worthy.
[D] [A]
[Em] [A] [C#] [E]
[D] [A] [B] [A]
[F#m] [D] [A] One pane of glass in the window.
[E]
[F#m] [A] No one is [Em] complaining though.
[G] [D] Come in and shut the door.
[G] [A] Fading is [E] the crimson [C#] from [D] the ribbons that she wore.
And [A] it's strange how no one [E] comes around [A] anymore.
[B] [A]
[Bm] [E] [D] I don't know, [E] must have been [A] the rosin.
[Bm] [C#m] [D] The rosin [E] for the ribbons [A] in her long, [G] long [D] hair.
I don't [E] know, maybe it was [A] the rosin.
[F#m] [A] All I know, [E] I could not [B] be [A] worthy.
I
[Em] [D]
[A]
[Em] [D]
[Am] [A]
[E] [D]
[A] [B] [A]
[E] [Dm] [D]
don't know, [E] must have been [A] the rosin.
[D] The rosin [E] for the ribbons [A] in her [G] long, [B] long [D] hair.
[A] [D] I don't know, [E] maybe it [A] was the rosin.
[F#m]
[A] All I know, [E] I could not be [A] worthy.
[E] [A] [E]
[A] [Bm] [A]
[B]
Key:  
A
1231
E
2311
D
1321
B
12341112
F#m
123111112
A
1231
E
2311
D
1321
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To start learning Greteful Dead - It Must Have Been The Roses chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: D, A, E, A, D, F#m, A, E and D. Ease into the song by practicing at 40 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 81 BPM. Given the song's key of A Major, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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[A] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [B] _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [G#] _ [A] _ Annie laid her head [D]
down in [A] the rosin. _ _ _ _
[E] She [A] had the ribbons, ribbons, [Em] ribbons [D] in her long, long hair.
[A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ I don't know, [E] maybe it [A] was the rosin.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] All I know, [E] I could not be [A] worthy. _ _
_ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ [E] _ [A] Ten _ years the wedge [D] rolled the ships home [A] from the sea.
_ [G#] _ [A] I'm thinking, well, how it may [G] blow, [D] and all good company.
If _ [A] _
I tell [E] another what [D] your old nips told to me.
_ _ [A] Let me lay _ [E] beneath the rosin, [D] let my eyes no longer see.
_ I don't know, [E] it must have been [A] the rosin.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] [D] The rosin [E] for the ribbons [A] in her [G] long, [D] long hair. _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ I [D] don't know, [E] _
maybe it [A] was the rosin.
[F#m] _ _
_ _ [A] All I know, [E] I could not be [A] worthy.
_ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [A] _ _ _ [C#] _ [E] _ _
_ [D] _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
[F#m] _ [D] _ [A] One pane of glass in the window.
_ _ _ _ [E] _
[F#m] _ _ [A] No one is [Em] complaining though.
_ [G] [D] Come in and shut the door. _
_ [G] _ [A] _ Fading is [E] the crimson [C#] from [D] the ribbons that she wore.
And [A] it's strange how no one [E] comes around [A] anymore.
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _
[Bm] _ [E] _ [D] I don't know, [E] must have been [A] the rosin. _ _ _
[Bm] _ [C#m] _ [D] _ The rosin [E] for the ribbons [A] in her long, [G] long [D] hair.
_ _ _ _ _ _ I don't [E] know, maybe it was [A] the rosin.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [A] All I know, [E] I could not [B] be [A] worthy.
I
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
don't know, [E] _ must have been [A] the rosin.
_ _ _ _ [D] The rosin [E] for the ribbons [A] in her [G] long, [B] long [D] hair. _ _ _ _
[A] _ [D] _ I don't know, [E] maybe it [A] was the rosin.
_ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [A] All I know, [E] I could not be [A] worthy. _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _

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The New Years Eve 1981 album includes this song.

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