Paper Rosie - Gene Watson - Beautiful Original Recording Chords

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