You Can't Pick A Rose In December Chords

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You Can't Pick A Rose In December by Don Gibson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D7, G7, C, Em, A7 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			G                D7      G        G7 
You can't pick a rose in December  

    C                        G 
You can't build a snowman in July 

       D7               G                 Em 
And if I told my heart  it's best that we part 
  
  A7                    D7 
I know I'd be tellin' a lie 



    G                D7             G 
And you can't keep a sad heart from dreaming 

    C                             Am 
And just laugh it off when you're blue 

    C                    G        D7 
You can't pick a rose in December  

      C               D7     G 
And I can't keep from loving you 



    G                D7             G 
And you can't keep a sad heart from dreaming 

    C                             Am 
And just laugh it off when you're blue 

    C                    G        D7 
You can't pick a rose in December 
  
      C               D7     G 
And I can't keep from loving you 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante