Cherokee Rose Chords by Colby Acuff

[Intro]

C F C Fm
C Fm C Fm
 
 
[Verse]

       C                        
I was just out of the service, 
          F                  C
drifting through the countryside
 Am7                          G
Found a field a fireflies to bed down

 for the night
 C             F      C               
Before I fell asleep something caught 
   Am        Am7
my eye eye
            F                       
There was another man in the field, 
   G             C
a shadow in moonlight
 
 
[Verse]

 C                      
Late in the springtime 
 F                 C
when the sun goes down
        Am7                          
You can find him in the field across 
     G
the street from his house
 C                          F    
Picking him a bouquet underneath 
   C       Am7
a May full moon
      F                     
With aging eyes as misty as 
    G             C
an early morning dew
 
 
[Verse]

   C                              
I met him through the fireflies, 
          F           C
he was a kind-hearted man 
       Am7                       
And I asked about the bouquet as 
   G
I went to shake his hand
    C                               
He told me about his late wife and 
     F            G   Am
the flowers that she grew
     F
How springtime was her favorite
                    G                C
'Cause that's when everything would bloom
 
 
[Chorus]

            F          G      
He said at night I go pickin' 
            C
a Cherokee rose
      F              G
I'll lay 'em on her headstone
        C        C/B       Am  Am
'Cause she loved them the most
 
    F                 G        
No matter how many I have won't 
          C   C/B Am7
bring her back I suppose
 
                 F         G
But it makes me feel close
 
                C   G  C  Fm  C  F  C  Fm
To my Cherokee rose
 
 
[Verse]

    C
He took me to where she lay low
        F               C
And he said my dearest rose
Am                            G
I lost her givin' birth to a boy 

I'll never know
 
    C                          
He sat there in the silence as   
    F                  Am
he held hands with her ghost
   F                          G    
Until we meet again the only peace 
           C
I'll ever know
 
 
[Chorus]
            F          G      
He said at night I go pickin' 
            C
a Cherokee rose
      F              G
I'll lay 'em on her headstone
        C        C/B       Am  Am
'Cause she loved them the most
 
    F                 G           
No matter how many I have won't 
            C C/B Am7
bring her back I suppose 
 
                 F         G
But it makes me feel close
 
                C   C
To my Cherokee rose
 
 
[Break]
           F               
Well, the days went on and 
     C
the years went by
          F                
And on a rainy autumn day, 
              C
he joined her on the other side 
F            Dm        
 But in his will,    
        Bb             G
it was much to my surprise 
 
            F
He left me everything he had
     G            G7
For just a small price
 
 
[Verse]
              C              
Oh, it's been 35 years since 
      F
this land became mine
     Am                           
And many things have changed, but 
               G
one thing has stood the test of time
   C                          F     
I spend every spring pickin' flowers
          Am
 with my wife
            F                
Because he taught me love is 
           G               C
one thing that will never die
 
 
[Chorus]
            F          G      
So, now at night I go pickin' 
            C
a Cherokee rose 
      F             G
I'll lay it on his headstone
       C        C/B      Am
'Cause he loved her the most
 
    F                        
No matter how many 
   G 
I have won't bring 
     C  C/B Am
her back I suppose
 
                 F         G
But I know that he's close
                 C   C
To his Cherokee rose

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ℹ️ About This Song

On the 15th of September 2023, the track was released. The track was from the album Western White Pines.

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Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: F
• Chords: C, F, Fm, Am7, G, Am, C/B, Dm, Bb, G7
• BPM: 82
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Track Info

• Song: Cherokee Rose
• Artist: Colby Acuff
• Album: Western White Pines
• Released Date: 15 September 2023