The Convict And The Rose
Owen Blundell (Australian Country Artist)
***Brackets Indicate All Chords Occur In
One Bar/Measure***
Key = C
[Intro]
G7 - G7 - C - C
[Verse]
C G7
I Sit In My Prison Cell So Dreary
C (C - G7)
With A Sad And Aching Heart
C G7
Thinking Only Of My Darlin'
C
From Whom Forever I Must Part
C G7
A Rose She Sent Me As A Token
C (C - G7)
Said She Try And Forget Your Gloom
C G7
And To Tell Me That Her Heart Is Broken
C
Before I Go To Meet My Doom
C G7
The Rose She Took It From The Garden
C (C - G7)
Where Together We Once Walked Side By Side
C G7
And To Tell Me That I Hold No Pardon
C C
That She Could Never Be My Bride
[Instrumental]
G7 - G7 - C - C
[Verse]
C G7
The Judge Would Not Believe My Story
C (C - G7)
The Jury Said I'd Have To Pay
C G7
But To The Rose In All It's Glory
C
Not Guilty Is All That I Can Say
C G7
To-morrow As The Day Is Dawning
C (C - G7)
I'll Meet My Maker In Re-pose
C G7
But When They Find Me In The Morning
C F C (C - G7 - C - Stop)
At My Heart They'll Find This Rose