Sweet English Rose Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][D][G][C][G][C][G][D][G]
[C][G]

[Verse 1]
It star[Em]ted a[D]s a [G]dream
for a [C]young English maid[G]en
The youngest of nine
in a working -class [D]home
She [Em]boarded [D]tha[G]t ship on the
[C]docks at Southamp[G]ton,
barely seventeen when [D]she struck
out all [G]alone.[C][G]
[Em]Buoyed [D]by her [G]youth
on [C]a boat full of [G]strangers,
bound for Tasmania,
just women and [D]girls.
Char[Em]lotte [D]woke [G]up,
[C]mindless of [G]the danger,
to build a new future
at the [D]end of the [G]world.
His[D]tory records in the [C]late [G]1860s,
[D]monlons of women came [C]over the [G]sea.
[Em]Only heav[D]en could [G]know
[C]where a future would [G]go
[Bm]Life changed [C]forever
for the [D]sweetest [G]rose[D][G]
[C][G][C][G][D][G][C]
[G]
[Em]Mar [D]tin [G]O'Shea,
he was [C]handsome and [G]Ir ish
Working as a blacksmith
down near the quay
[D]He fel[Em]t his hea[D]rt fly[G]
when [C]his eyes met [G]Charlotte's
Both of them knowing it
was [D]all meant [G]to be
[D]History records in the [C]late [G]1860s
[D]Monologues of women
came [C]over the [G]sea
[Em]Only heav[D]en could [G]know
[C]where the future would [G]go
[Bm]Life changed [C]forever
for the [D]spirit which [G]rose[C][G]
He [Em]built [D]them a [G]house
on the [C]banks of [G]the Derwent
In less than a year the first child was [D]born
They [Em]didn't have [D]that [G]much,
but [C]what they had was plenty
[G]Love and a family in a
[D]home of their [G]own
[D]History records in the [C]late [G]1860s
[D]All the floods of women
came [C]over the [G]sea
[Em]Only heav[D]en could [G]know
where [C]her future would [G]go
[Bm]Life changed [C]forever
for this [D]sweet English [G]rose
[Em]Only heav[D]en could [G]know
[C]where her future would [G]go
[Bm]Life changed forever
[C]for this swe[D]et English ros[G]e[C][G]
It [Em]started a[D]s a dream
[G]for a you[C]ng English maiden[G]