Chords for The Briar and the Rose - The Cottars

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ I fell [Bb] asleep down by _ [Eb] a stream
_ And there I, [Ab] _ _ a [Bb] stranger, _ _ [Eb] stream
_ _ _ _ And [Ab] down _ _ _ [Eb] _ the glen _ there [Cm] _ _ grows
_ A [Eb] _ _ _ briar and _ _ [Bb] _ _ a _ rose
[Eb] _ _ _ There's a [Ab] tree in the [Eb] forest
And [Ab] I don't [Eb] know who asked
_ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ Out [Fm] _
of your _ _ _ [Bb] hair
_ And [Eb] climbing [Ab] up _ into the air _ _
_ _ A [Eb] briar _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ and _ a rose _
Well I don't know [Ab] how [Bb] long it's [Eb] been
But I'm [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ near [Ab] the [Eb] end of [G] spring
There's [Cm] a _ rose, a [Eb] _ briar, _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ a [Eb] _ rose _ _
_ _ _ _ I [Ab] picked the [Gm] rose one [Bb] early _ [Eb] _ [Eb] morn
I [Ab] pricked my [Eb] finger _ _ _ [Cm] on a _ _ [Bb] thorn _ _
They'd [Eb] grown so [Bb] close, [Gm] their _
[G] winding wall
[Ab] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ The [Eb] briar, _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ the _ [Eb] _
rose
_ _ _ I tried to [Bb] tear them both _ _ _ apart
I felt a [Ab] bullet [Bb] in _ my [Eb] _ _ _
heart
_ And [Ab] _ all dressed [Gm] up in _ [G] spring's new _ [Cm] _ _ clothes
_ The [Eb] _ _ _ briar _ [Bb] and _ _ the _ _ _ _ _ rose
_ _ [Ab] And when, _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Fm] and [Bb] in my _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] time
_ _ _ _ [Eb] So _ [Cm] I _ will [Eb] know
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Your [Eb] tears may fall to make love grow
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ The _ briar, _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ the _ _ [Eb] rose _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ And [Ab] when, _ _ _ [Gm] _ and [Fm] in [Bb] _ my _ [Eb] _ _ _
time
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] So [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ I will _ [Bb] know
_ [Bb] _ _
_ Your [Eb] tears may [Bb] fall [Gm] to [Eb] make love [Ab] grow _
_ _ _ _ _ The [Eb] _
_ briar, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the _ _ [Eb] rose
_ _ _ _ [Ab] The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
briar, _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
the _ _ _ [Eb] rose _ _
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