[Intro]
E A E E B E (x2)
[Verse 1]
E A E
Taking nothing but his daddy's old bone-grip knife
Dbm A B E
He traded but a little for the wayward life
E A E
A faint heart never won fair hand
E A B E
So says the Rose of England
E A E E B E
[Verse 2]
E A E
From high on a hill came the clarion call
Dbm A B E
To gain young men, come one, come all
E A E
Make muster 'gainst the foreign hand
E A B E
That's raised to the Rose of England
E A E E B E
[Verse 3]
E A E
For her feckless boys she did weep and wail
Dbm A B E
Saying, Lord have mercy where did I fail?
E A E
Out of my belly,to pick up a gun
E A B E
And fall for the Rose of England
E A E E B E D
[Chorus]
A D A
God knows it's a cold outside
E D
It's a fire by day and a freeze at night
A D A
I know it's a hell out there
E B
How loud the mouth when the heart don't care
[Verse 4]
E A E
He's damned if he don't, and damned if he do
Dbm A B E
He'd die if he ever found out we knew
E A E
Hot potato, drop it and run
E A B E
Far from the Rose of England
E A E E B E (x2)
[Chorus]
D A D A
God knows it's a cold outside
E D
It's a fire by day and a freeze at night
A D A
I know it's a hell out there
E B
How loud the mouth when the heart don't care
[Verse 5]
E A E
He's damned if he don't, and damned if he do
Dbm A B E
He'd die if he ever found out we knew
E A E
Hot potato, drop it and run
E A B E
Far from the Rose of England
[Outro]
Dbm A B E
Far from the Rose of England
Dbm A B E
Far from the Rose of England
Dbm Dbm F# A
Far from the Rose of England
E A E E B E (x2)