WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Carter Family - Give Me The Roses While I Live Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro chords]
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G / / | G / / | G / / | G / / | D7 / / | D7 / / | G / / | G/ / |
[Intro melody - and play before each verse. Intro melody starts on bar 3.]
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[Verse 1]
G
Wonderful things of folks are said
D7 G
When they have passed away
Roses adorn their narrow bed
D7 G
Over the sleeping clay
[Chorus]
C G
Give me the roses while I live
D7
Trying to cheer me on
G
Useless are flowers that you give
D7 G
After the soul has gone
[Verse 2]
G
Let us not wait to do good deeds
D7 G
Till they have passed away
Now is the time to sow good seeds
D7 G
While here on earth we stay
[Chorus]
C G
Give me the roses while I live
D7
Trying to cheer me on
G
Useless are flowers that you give
D7 G
After the soul has gone
[Verse 3]
G
Kind words are useless when folks lie
D7
Cold in a narrow bed
G
Don't wait till death to speak kind words
D7 G
Now should the words be said
[Chorus]
C G
Give me the roses while I live
D7
Trying to cheer me on
G
Useless are flowers that you give
D7 G
After the soul has gone
[Verse 4]
G
Give me the roses while I live
D7 G
Don’t wait until I die
G
To spread the roses o’er my grave
D7 G
To see as you pass it by
[Chorus]
C G
Give me the roses while I live
D7
Trying to cheer me on
G
Useless are flowers that you give
D7 G
After the soul has gone
