When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland Chords

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When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland by The Carter Family is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E, E7 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			(intro) A E A 

     A                                                            E                       A 
When the roses bloom in Dixieland, I am coming back to you, 
     A                                                                       E                           E7 
when the birds are singing music grand to the sweetest girl I ever knew. 
E                                A            D                                       A 
 I am saving up my money to buy a little cabin home for two, 
     A                                                           E                       A 
when the roses bloom in Dixieland, I am coming back to you. 

( A E A ) (2x) 

          A                                                                 E                    A 
I just got a letter from the sunny south, from my girl in Tennessee, 
                                                                                      E                      E7 
she said she loved me like she used to do, and was waiting there for me. 

                                      A                  D               A 
    I answered back her letter though I am far away. 
         A                                                           E                       A 
    When the roses bloom in Dixieland I am coming back to stay. 

                 A                                                               E                      A 
    When I left my honey at the railroad train I said, honey, wait for me, 
     A 
    I'm going to make a lot of money up north, 
                   E                            A    A E A 
    then it's me for old Tennessee. 
    	

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