Wine Colored Roses Chords

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Wine Colored Roses by George Jones is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, Am, C, A, F, Bm and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			  D                G   
TODAY I GOT A LONG LETTER 
     D                       G   Am  G 
FROM ONE WHO STILL CARES FOR ME 
    C   
SHE ASKED LOT'S OF QUESTIONS 
           G  
LIKE WOULD I CALL HER SOMETIME 
        A                    D  
AND WAS I GETTIN' BACK ON MY FEET 
 
 
    D                       G 
SHE ASKED IF I HAD STOPPED DRINKIN' 
     D                        G    Am  G 
LIKE I PROMISED HER SON LONG AGO 
    C  
THE WORDS WOULDN'T COME 
       G               C 
WHEN I CALLED AND SHE ANSWERED 
        G         D          G  
OH, BUT I FOUND A WAY TO SAY NO 

                     Am  G   F  C 
I SENT HER SOME WINE COLORED ROSES 
G   C  Bm Am  G            D 
THE COLOR OF GRAPES ON THE VINE 
     G                  Am  G   C 
WHEN SHE SEE'S THE WINE COLORED ROSES 
        G             D7          G 
THEY'LL TELL HER I'M STILL ON THE WINE 
 
 
      D                    G 
THE ROSES WILL SAY I STILL LOVE HER 
         D                      G     Am  G  
AND THE COLOR WILL CAUSE HER TO CRY 
C                    G   
ONE DOZEN REASONS TO TELL HER I'M SORRY 
    G             D             G  
AND TWELVE PRETTY FLOWERS DON'T LIE 
 
 
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