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After hearing this song on BBC Radio Ulster, sung by Kathryn Duncan (I think) I decided to learn it on guitar. The version of the song I downloaded was The Sands Family - There Were Roses, a live recording from 1988. This work below is tabbed to be played with that track. I have seen one other version of this song tabbed on christianguitar.org and it uses "Bm" for parts of the song, however when I was tabbing out the live version I have, I found that "Bm" didn't work.
Thanks to D.Baderman, who tabbed out the Christianguitar.org version, as he gave me a base to work from for my own tab for the live version.
It's pretty accurate, however I think that the end of each verse when it ends with G, should have another note played. What that note is however I'm not sure. Please send any corrections to [email protected].
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Standard tuning (or in my case, slightly flat of standard), with a capo on the second fret.
D my song for you this evening GAD It's not to make you sad A nor for adding to the sorrows GD of this troubled northern land D but lately I been thinking GAD and it just won't leave my mind A to tell you of two friends one time GD who were both good friends of mine D alan bell from benagh GAD he lived just across the fields A a great man for the music GD and the dancing and the reels D o'malley came from south armagh GAD to court young alice fair A and we'd often meet on the ryan road GD and laughter filled the air
GDGDGD there were roses, roses, there were roses DAGD and the tears of the people ran together
D alan he was protestant GAD and sean was catholic born A it never made a difference GD for the friendship it was strong D and sometimes in the evening GAD when we heard the sound of the drums A we said it won't divide us GD we will always be the ones D for the ground our fathers ploughed in GAD well the soil is just the same A and the places where we say our prayers GD have just got different names D we talked about the friends who died GAD and hoped there'd be no more A it was little then that we realised GD the tragedy in store
GDGDGD there were roses, roses, there were roses DAGD and the tears of the people ran together
D it was on the sunday morning GAD when the awful news came round A another killing has been done GD just outside newry town D we knew that alan danced up there GAD we knew he liked the band A when we heard that he was dead GD we just could not understand D we gathered at the graveside GAD on that cold and rainy day A and the minister he closed his eyes GD and he prayed for no revenge D and all the ones who knew him GAD from along the ryan road
bowed their heads A and said a prayer GD for the resting of his soul
GDGDGD there were roses, roses, there were roses DAGD and the tears of the people ran together
D well fear it filled the countryside GAD there was fear in every home A when the car of death came prowling GD round the lonely ryan road D a catholic will be killed tonight GAD to even up the score A o christ it's young o'malley GD that they've taken from the door D "alan was my friend" he cried GAD he begged them with his fear A but centuries of hatred GD have ears that cannot hear D an eye for an eye GAD was all that filled their minds A and another eye for another eye GD till everyone is blind
GDGDGD there were roses, roses, there were roses DAGD and the tears of the people ran together
D so my song for you this evening GAD it's not to make you sad A nor for adding to the sorrows GD of this troubled northern land D but lately I been thinking GAD and it just won't leave my mind A to tell you of two friends one time GD who were both good friends of mine
D I don't know where the moral is GAD or where this song should end A but I wonder just how many wars GD are fought between good friends D and those that give the orders GAD are not the ones to die A it's bell and o'malley GD and the likes of you and I
GDGDGD there were roses, roses, there were roses DAGD and the tears of the people ran together