Lady Rose Chords

KeyG Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays532

Lady Rose by England Dan and John Ford Coley is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, C, F, D, Am, Am7, E and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			
  
  
nd Fret 
  
  
Intro: G 
  
             C                  G              C 
Early in the morning, 'fore the town begins to think 
G            F              G       C 
Lady Rose is sitting in the square 
G                  C                 G             C 
Trying to sell her flowers 'fore the sun begins to sink 
G            F                 G 
Every day is heaven when she's there 
  
  

D                        F 
She sings a song for me 
               C 
How I long to be 
                        G 
In the warm glow of her eyes 
D                        F 
She sings a song for me 
                       C 
It can't be wrong for me 
                       G 
Want to be part of her life 
Am                                           Am7 
Dum da da dum da da dum da da dum da da dee 
Am                                           Am7 G 
Dum da da dum da da dum da da dum da da dee 
  
  
             C                G             C 
Lady Rose is calling from the corner of the square 
G                 F                 G       C 
"Buy a rose, Sir, when you can't be there" 
G              C               G            C 
People passing by just seem to give a leery stare 
G                     F                    G 
They've got there own troubles, they don't care 
  

D                        F 
She sings a song for me 
               C 
How I long to be 
                        G 
In the warm glow of her eyes 
D                        F 
She sings a song for me 
                       C 
It can't be wrong for me 
                       G 
Want to be part of her life 
Am                                           Am7 
Dum da da dum da da dum da da dum da da dee 
Am                                           Am7 G 
Dum da da dum da da dum da da dum da da dee 
  
  
               C          G             C 
Sitting on the floor as I listen to her sing 
    G         F               G     C 
Her long hair curls about her head 
G            C               G          C 
Early in the morning she has given everything 
G                F              G 
Now she sits and plays upon the bed 
  
  

D                        F 
She sings a song for me 
               C 
How I long to be 
                        G 
In the warm glow of her eyes 
D                        F 
She sings a song for me 
                       C 
It can't be wrong for me 
                       G 
Want to be part of her life 
Am                                           Am7 
Dum da da dum da da dum da da dum da da dee 
Am                                           Am7  
Dum da da dum da da dum da da dum da da dee 
Am                                      D   G   E   A  F 
Dum da da dum da da dum da da dum da da dee-ee, dee-ee-ee 
  
  
OUTRO: Banjo picking on G 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante