There Were Roses Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]My song for you this evening,
it's [C]not [D]to make [G]you sad
Nor for adding to the sor[D]rows
of our [C]troubled [D]northern [G]land
But lately I've been thinking and it
[C]just won't [D]leave my [G]mind
I'll tell you of two [D]friends one time
who were [C]both good [D]friends [G]of mine

[Verse 2]
[G]Isaac he was Protestant and
[C]Sean was Cath[D]olic [G]born
But it never made a dif[D]ference,
for the [C]friendship [D]it [G]was strong
And sometimes in the evening when we
[C]heard [D]the sound [G]of drums
We said it won't [D]divide us,
we will [C]always [D]be [G]as one
There were [C]roses,

[Verse 3]
[Bm]rose[C]s[Bm]
There were [C]roses[G]
And the tears [C]of [D]a people ran [C]to
gether
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[Verse 4]
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It [G]was on a Sunday morning when the
[C]awful [D]news came [G]round
Another killing [D]had been done just
[C]outside [D]Newry [G]Town
We knew that Isaac danced up there,
we [C]knew he [D]liked [G]the band
But when we heard that [D]he was dead
we just [C]could not [D]understand
[G]Now

[Verse 5]
fear it filled the countryside
there was [C]fear in [D]every [G]home
When late at night a car [D]came prowling
[C]round the [D]Ryan [G]Road
A Catholic would be killed
tonight to [C]even [D]up [G]the score
Oh Christ it's young Mc[D]Donald
they have [C]taken [D]from [G]the door

[Verse 6]
There were [C]roses, [Bm]rose[C]s[Bm]
There were [C]roses[G]
And the tears of [D]a people ran to[C]gether

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 7]
I don't know where the [G]moral is or
where [D]this song should [G]end
But I wonder just how many wars are
[C]fought between good [G]friends
And those who give the orders
are [C]not [D]the ones to die
It's [G]Scott and young McDon[D]ald and
the likes of you an[G]d I

[Verse 8]
There were [C]roses,
[Bm]rose[C]s[Bm]
There were [C]roses[G]
And the tears of [D]a people
ran to[C]gether

[Verse 9]
There were [Bm]roses, [G]ros[C]es
[G]There were ros[C]es[G]
And the tears of [D]a people ran together

[Outro 1]
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