Red Is The Rose Chords

Red is the Rose
Nanci Griffith & the Chieftains
"An Irish Evening"
(Originally in G)
 
[Verse 1]
D              F#m        Em           G
Come over the hills, my bonnie Irish lass
D      D/C#   Bm        G         F#m
Come over the hills to your darling
G               F#m             Em           G
You choose the road love, and I’ll make the vow
    D             G   D      A  D
And I’ll be your true love forever
 
[Refrain]
D              F#m        Em           G
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
D     D/C# Em        G         F#m
And fair is the lily of the valley
G               F#m             Em           G
lear is the water that flows from the Boyne
    D          G   D      A  D
But my love is fairer than any.
 
[Verse 2]
D              F#m                 Em           G
‘Twas down by Killarney’s green woods that we strayed
D          D/C#      Em        G         F#m
When the moon and the stars they were shining
G               F#m             Em           G
The moon shone its rays on her locks of golden hair
    D                  G   D      A  D
And she swore she’d be my love forever
 
[Refrain]
D              F#m        Em           G
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
D   D/C#      Em        G         F#m
And fair is the lily of the valley
G               F#m             Em           G
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
    D             G   D    A  D
But my love is fairer than any.
 
[Verse 3]
D              F#m        Em           G
It’s not for the parting of my sister Kate
D    D/C#   Em        G         F#m
It’s not for the loss of my mother
G               F#m             Em           G
It’s all for the loss of my bonnie Irish lass
    D             G   D      A  D
That is leaving old Ireland forever.
 
[Refrain]
D              F#m        Em           G
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
D   D/C#    Em        G         F#m
And fair is the lily of the valley
G               F#m             Em           G
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
    D             G   D    A  D
But my love is fairer than any.
 
[Verse 4]
D              F#m        Em           G
It’s not for the parting that my sister pains
D   D/C#    Em        G         F#m
It’s not for the grief of my mother
G               F#m             Em           G
‘Tis all for the loss of my bonnie Irish lass
    D             G   D      A  D
That my heart is breaking forever
 
[Refrain]
D              F#m        Em           G
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
D    D/C#   Em        G         F#m
And fair is the lily of the valley
G               F#m             Em           G
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
    D             G   D    A  D
But my love is fairer than any.