THE ROSE OF ALABAMA - 1846 - Performed by Tom Roush Chords

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Away from [F] Mississippi's bale, [C] with my old hat [Am] there [G] for a [C] sale, I crossed [F] upon a cotton dale [C] to [G] Roosevelt, [C]
Alabama.
[F] Oh, Brown Rosie, to Roosevelt, [C]
Alabama, A sweet to [F] buy compose is [C] the [Em] Roosevelt, [C]
Alabama.
A sweet to [F] buy compose is [C] the [Em] Roosevelt, [C] Alabama.
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I landed [F] on the far sand [C] bank and sat [Am] upon a [G] holler [C] plank, And there I [F] made the banjo [C] twank for [G] Roosevelt, [C]
Alabama.
[F] Oh, Brown Rosie, to Roosevelt, [C]
Alabama, A sweet to [F] buy compose [C] is the [G] Roosevelt, [C]
Alabama.
A sweet to [F] buy compose is the [Em] Roosevelt, [C] Alabama.
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_ Watered [F] directly by and [C] by the moon rose [Am] white as [G] roses' [C] eye, Then like a [F] young coon, now so [C] sly, so [G] Roosevelt, [C]
Alabama.
[F] Oh, Brown Rosie, to Roosevelt, [C]
Alabama, A sweet to [F] buy compose [C] is the [G] Roosevelt, [C]
Alabama.
A sweet to [F] buy compose [C] is the [Em] Roosevelt, [C] Alabama.
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I asked her, [F] sit down, were she [C] pleased, So, crossed my [Am] legs, she [G] took her [C] ease,
It's good to [F] go upon my [C] knees, says [G] Roosevelt, [C]
Alabama.
[F] Oh, Brown Rosie, to Roosevelt, [C]
Alabama, A sweet to [F] buy compose [C] is the [G] Roosevelt, [C]
Alabama.
A sweet to [F] buy compose [C] is the [Em] Roosevelt, [C] Alabama.
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The river [F] rolled, the crickets [C] sing, The lightning [Am] bug, he [G] flashed his [C] wing,
And like a [F] rope in my arms, I [C] fling round [G] Roosevelt, [C]
Alabama.
[F] Oh, Brown Rosie, to Roosevelt, [C]
Alabama, A sweet to [F] buy compose [C] is the [G] Roosevelt, [C]
Alabama.
A sweet to [F] buy compose [C] is the Roosevelt, Alabama.
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I kiss [F] along, I cannot [C] tell, Rosie [Am] seemed to [G] like it [C] well,
My banjo [F] in the river fell, [C] Roosevelt, Alabama.
Oh, [F] Brown Rosie, to Roosevelt, [C] Alabama, A sweet [F] to buy compose [C] is the [G] Roosevelt, [C] Alabama.
A sweet [F] to buy compose [C] is [Em] the Roosevelt, [A] Alabama.
[D] Like an [G] alligator, or a [D] cray, I plunge [Bm] in, but it [A] float [D] away,
But all the [G] time, it seemed to [D] say, Oh, Roosevelt, Alabama.
[G] Oh, Brown Rosie, to Roosevelt, [D] Alabama, A sweet [G] to buy compose [D] is the Roosevelt, Alabama.
A sweet [G] to buy compose [D] is the Roosevelt, Alabama.
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