Chords for John Hogan Paper Rosie

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_ The sun goes _ down _ in [F] Calvin County, _ _ _ neon [G] _ lights _ _ from an old [C] rear _ sight
_ Shone through the window, _ _ out on [F] the side wall
_ As I [G] walked _ _ in, to [C] pass the time _ _
I looked _ around, _ _ sat down [F] at a table
_ _ Ordered before [D] the rye, _ and a [C] glass of _ wine
_ And through the door, _ _ came a little [F] old lady _ _ _ _
_ [D] She was selling _ paper roses, [G] _ and they only _ [C] cost her dime _ _
_ _ Paper [G] _ _
_ _ roses, paper [F] _ _ _ roses _
_ [C] She sold you paper roses, _ [G] but they only [C] cost her dime _
_ Silver _ _ _ _ hair, that's [F] lost its _ gold _ _
_ [G] Trembling _ _ hands, as she [C] passed the road
_ _ _ Red crepe paper, _ _ made [F] nature's bouquet _ _
_ Helpful little [G] old _ lady, _ buy a [C] rose today _ _ _
I took the rose, _ _ from her trembling [F] _
hands
_ But [G] eyes of age, she smiled and [C] walked away _ _
_ Like a breath of spring, _ _ _ I could smell [F] the rose _ _
It [G] came [D] alive, _ _ [G] as I [C] heard her say
_ _ _ [G] My, my _ _ _ roses, pretty [F] _ _ _
roses
_ _ [C] They're only made of paper, _ [G] but they only [C] cost her dime
_ _ I went to _ _ _ look, for her [F] _ _ outside
_ A spray [G] of roses, _ _ lay by [C] her side _ _
The sky lit _ _ up, as the choir [F] _
sang
_ _ A [G] thousand voices, _ _ as the [C] church bells _ rang
_ Paper [G] _ _
_ _ roses, paper [F] _ _ _ roses _
She [C] sold you paper roses, [G] but they only [C] cost her dime _
_ _ _ [G] Paper _ _ _ roses, paper [F] _ _ _ roses _
_ [C] She sold you paper roses, [G] but they only [C] cost her dime _
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