From the album 'Buck 'em - the music of Buck Owens 1967 - 1975'
[Verse 1]
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I met her
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out in Oklahoma
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Down where the old Red River flows
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I vowed my love to her forever
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She was my sweet, sweet Rosie Jones.
[Verse 2]
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We walked alone down by the river
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Just as the sun was sinking low
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And in her eyes I saw big trouble
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Like the muddy waters down below.
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D7 G C G
Her lips were soft and sweet as honey
G C G
Her hair was bright as yellow gold
G C G
Her cheeks were red as summer roses
D7 G A7
She was my sweet, sweet Rosie Jones.
[Verse 3]
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And then one day a tall dark stranger
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With hair as black as winter coal
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Rode into town as night was falling
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And there he met my Rosie Jones.
[Interlude] (SPOKEN)
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I woke next morning just after sunup
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To find a note from my Rosie's hand
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And it read I'd rather die than ever hurt you
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But I'm in love with that tall dark man.
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So now I walk alone down by the river
Where my sweet Rosie used to stroll
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And soon I'm gonna join those deep dark waters
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For I can't live without Rosie Jones.
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D7 G C G
Her lips were soft and sweet as honey
G C G
Her hair was bright as yellow gold
G C G
Her cheeks were red as summer roses
D7 G
She was my sweet, sweet Rosie Jones.