Chords for Must Have Been the Roses ☮ Grateful Dead, 1976
Tempo:
84.65 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
F#m
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
[A] [F#] [A]
And he laid her head [F#m] down in the [F#m] river.
[E] He [A] had [B] ribbons, ribbons, ribbons,
[D] that had long been done.
I don't [E] know, maybe it [A] was the rose.
[F#m]
[A] All I know [E] I could be [A] is a rose.
[D] I don't know, [E] must have been [A] the roses.
[C#]
[D] Roses in [E] the river, [A] in and out [G] of my [D]
[E] [D] mind.
I don't [E] know, maybe it [A] was the roses.
[F#m] [A] All I know [E] I could be [A] is a rose.
[D] [A] Ten years away, row [D] the ships along [A] the sea.
Thinking [E] well how [A] it may [C#] go [D] in all good company.
If I [E] tell another what their own lips told [D] me.
[A] Let me lay [E] beneath the roses, let [D] my eyes know love is.
I don't know, [E] must have been [A] the roses.
[D] Row the ships, [E] all the rivers, [A] in and out of my [D] mind.
I don't know, [E] maybe it was [A] the roses.
[F#m]
[A] All I know, [E]
be the [A] wind,
[F#]
[Em] [A] [B] [A]
walk [B] in a [A] place,
in the wind, the one who's complaining.
[C#] The one [D] coming in, shut the door.
[A] She is [E] the crimson from [D] the river that she wore.
And [A] it's strange how no [E]
comes from [A] anymore.
[D] I don't know, [E]
must have [A] been the roses.
[F#] [Am] [D] Roses [E] are the [Bm] rivers [A] in and [G] out of my [D] mind.
[E] I don't know, maybe it was [A] the roses.
[Fm] [F#m] [F#] [A] All I know I [E] could be [A] is.
[A] [F#m] [A]
[C#] [D]
[A]
[B] [D]
[E] [A]
[E] [F#m]
[E] [D] [A]
[E] [D]
[E] [D] [G] I don't know, [E] must have [A] been the roses.
[D]
Roses [E] are the rivers [A] in her [G] long [D] brown hair.
I don't know, [E] maybe it [A] was the roses.
[F#m]
[A] All I know [E] I could not [A] leave her there.
[E]
[A]
[G]
[A] [F#] [A]
And he laid her head [F#m] down in the [F#m] river.
[E] He [A] had [B] ribbons, ribbons, ribbons,
[D] that had long been done.
I don't [E] know, maybe it [A] was the rose.
[F#m]
[A] All I know [E] I could be [A] is a rose.
[D] I don't know, [E] must have been [A] the roses.
[C#]
[D] Roses in [E] the river, [A] in and out [G] of my [D]
[E] [D] mind.
I don't [E] know, maybe it [A] was the roses.
[F#m] [A] All I know [E] I could be [A] is a rose.
[D] [A] Ten years away, row [D] the ships along [A] the sea.
Thinking [E] well how [A] it may [C#] go [D] in all good company.
If I [E] tell another what their own lips told [D] me.
[A] Let me lay [E] beneath the roses, let [D] my eyes know love is.
I don't know, [E] must have been [A] the roses.
[D] Row the ships, [E] all the rivers, [A] in and out of my [D] mind.
I don't know, [E] maybe it was [A] the roses.
[F#m]
[A] All I know, [E]
be the [A] wind,
[F#]
[Em] [A] [B] [A]
walk [B] in a [A] place,
in the wind, the one who's complaining.
[C#] The one [D] coming in, shut the door.
[A] She is [E] the crimson from [D] the river that she wore.
And [A] it's strange how no [E]
comes from [A] anymore.
[D] I don't know, [E]
must have [A] been the roses.
[F#] [Am] [D] Roses [E] are the [Bm] rivers [A] in and [G] out of my [D] mind.
[E] I don't know, maybe it was [A] the roses.
[Fm] [F#m] [F#] [A] All I know I [E] could be [A] is.
[A] [F#m] [A]
[C#] [D]
[A]
[B] [D]
[E] [A]
[E] [F#m]
[E] [D] [A]
[E] [D]
[E] [D] [G] I don't know, [E] must have [A] been the roses.
[D]
Roses [E] are the rivers [A] in her [G] long [D] brown hair.
I don't know, [E] maybe it [A] was the roses.
[F#m]
[A] All I know [E] I could not [A] leave her there.
[E]
[A]
[G]
Key:
A
E
D
F#m
G
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E
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [A]
And he laid her head [F#m] down in the _ [F#m] river.
_ [E] _ He [A] had [B] ribbons, ribbons, ribbons,
[D] that had long been done.
_ I _ _ _ _ _ _ don't [E] know, maybe it [A] was the rose.
_ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [A] All I know [E] I could _ be [A] is a rose. _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] I don't know, [E] must have been [A] the roses.
_ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [D] _ Roses in [E] the river, _ [A] in and out [G] of my [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ mind.
I don't _ [E] know, maybe it [A] was the roses.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] All I know [E] I could be [A] is a rose.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ Ten years away, row [D] the ships along [A] the sea.
_ _ _ Thinking [E] well how [A] it may [C#] go [D] in all good company.
_ _ If I [E] tell another what their own lips told [D] me.
_ [A] Let me lay _ _ [E] beneath the roses, let [D] my eyes know love is.
_ _ _ I don't know, [E] must have been [A] the roses.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Row the ships, [E] all the rivers, _ [A] in and out of my [D] mind. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I don't know, [E] maybe it was [A] the roses.
_ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [A] All I know, [E] _ _
be the [A] wind, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ walk [B] in a [A] place,
in the wind, _ _ _ _ _ _ the one who's complaining.
[C#] The one [D] coming in, shut the door.
_ _ [A] She is [E] the crimson from [D] the river that she wore.
And [A] it's strange how no [E]
comes from [A] anymore. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] I don't know, [E]
must have [A] been the roses. _ _
[F#] _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ Roses [E] are the [Bm] rivers [A] in and [G] out of my [D] mind.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] I don't know, maybe it was [A] the roses.
[Fm] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [F#] [A] All I know I [E] could be _ [A] is.
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ I don't know, _ [E] must have [A] been the roses.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
Roses [E] are the rivers [A] in her [G] long [D] brown hair. _ _ _
_ _ _ I don't know, [E] maybe it [A] was the roses.
_ [F#m] _ _
_ [A] _ All I know [E] I could not _ [A] leave her there. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [A]
And he laid her head [F#m] down in the _ [F#m] river.
_ [E] _ He [A] had [B] ribbons, ribbons, ribbons,
[D] that had long been done.
_ I _ _ _ _ _ _ don't [E] know, maybe it [A] was the rose.
_ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [A] All I know [E] I could _ be [A] is a rose. _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] I don't know, [E] must have been [A] the roses.
_ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [D] _ Roses in [E] the river, _ [A] in and out [G] of my [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ mind.
I don't _ [E] know, maybe it [A] was the roses.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] All I know [E] I could be [A] is a rose.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ Ten years away, row [D] the ships along [A] the sea.
_ _ _ Thinking [E] well how [A] it may [C#] go [D] in all good company.
_ _ If I [E] tell another what their own lips told [D] me.
_ [A] Let me lay _ _ [E] beneath the roses, let [D] my eyes know love is.
_ _ _ I don't know, [E] must have been [A] the roses.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Row the ships, [E] all the rivers, _ [A] in and out of my [D] mind. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I don't know, [E] maybe it was [A] the roses.
_ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [A] All I know, [E] _ _
be the [A] wind, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ walk [B] in a [A] place,
in the wind, _ _ _ _ _ _ the one who's complaining.
[C#] The one [D] coming in, shut the door.
_ _ [A] She is [E] the crimson from [D] the river that she wore.
And [A] it's strange how no [E]
comes from [A] anymore. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] I don't know, [E]
must have [A] been the roses. _ _
[F#] _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ Roses [E] are the [Bm] rivers [A] in and [G] out of my [D] mind.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] I don't know, maybe it was [A] the roses.
[Fm] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [F#] [A] All I know I [E] could be _ [A] is.
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ I don't know, _ [E] must have [A] been the roses.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
Roses [E] are the rivers [A] in her [G] long [D] brown hair. _ _ _
_ _ _ I don't know, [E] maybe it [A] was the roses.
_ [F#m] _ _
_ [A] _ All I know [E] I could not _ [A] leave her there. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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