Red Red Rose Chords
Red Red Rose by Emmylou Harris is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C, Am, Bb and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
G D C G C D G
verse 1
G D C G
You may wonder if you know me
C G Am D
You may wonder if I care
G D C G
Or if I'll leave you sad and lonely
C G Am D
Or if I'll always be right there
C D G C
Well, there's no need for doubt now, darling
G Am C D
'Cause I have come to know
G D C G
This love of ours is no common flower
C D G
You know this love is like a red, red rose
Interlude
D C D G
verse 2
D C G
And you may wonder 'bout this dreamer
C G Am D
If she's all you thought she'd be
G D C G
And, oh, if anything but someday
C G Am D
Ever comes from loving me
C D G C
But hold me close and tell me, darling
G Am C D
That you have come to know
G D C G
This love I bring you is no common thing
C D G
You know this love is like a red, red rose
Bridge
Bb F
When you're all caught up in sweet surrender
C F
Simple truth is sometimes hard to see
Bb F
Here between the tough times and the tender
G C D
It all comes down to you and me
verse 3
G D C G
And you may see my heart of darkness
C G Am D
I may stumble now and again
G D C G
But underneath this heart of darkness
C G Am D
There's a heart that's loving you right till the end
C D G C
So hold me close, come hold me, darling
G Am C D
'Cause I want you to to know
G D C G
This love of ours is no common flower
C D G
You know this love is like a red, red rose
D C G
This love of ours is no common flower
C D G
You know this love is like a red, red rose
Outro
D C G C D G