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Russell Tom - Rose Of San Joaquin guitar chord

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Subject:         CRD: The Rose Of The San Joaquin by Tom Russell

   Date:         Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

   From:         Greg Yuriy

The Rose Of The San Joaquin

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by:  Tom Russell

written by:  Tom Russell & Ian Tyson - Frontera Music/Slick Fork Music

Note:  I've listed the chord on the refrain over "Rose" as a Cm.

       I'm not sure if this is correct but it is played the same as a

       Bm only on the third fret instead of the second.

G  Em  G  Em

    G                       Bm        C                           G

Farewell to the lights of Madera, I'm leaving with the wind at my back

G                             Bm         C                         G

Tell all of my friends in Dos Palos, I'm gone but I'll be circling back

G                               Em

Now I'm crossing the Chowchilia River

       G                     Em

By the light of a ragged moonbeam

          C        Cm             G     Em

Lord I'll miss the Rose of San Joaquin

Em            G                   Bm           C           G

I'll miss the sun on the Sierra Nevadas, adobe moon on the rise

G                          Bm              C                     G

Shining down on my love in Madera, shining into her dark Spanish eyes

G                              Em

Oh she taught me those Mexican love songs

G                      Em

"Volver, Volver" in my dreams

      C        Cm          G      

And I miss the Rose of San Joaquin

G                   Em

Caught somewhere between

    C            Cm             G     Em

The road and the Rose of San Joaquin

Em     G                      Bm             C                      G

Oh her black hair fell on the blanket in the tall grass we with the dew

G                                    Bm

Making love through the night by the river

         C                          G

Oh Magdalene how my heart cries for you

G                        Em

Alone on this highway of darkness

G                       Em

You are the light of my dreams

      C        Cm             G

And I miss the Rose of San Joaquin

G                   Em

Caught somewhere between

    C            Cm             G     Em

The road and the Rose of San Joaquin

G  Em  C  Cm  G

From the album The Rose Of The San Joaquin 1995 Hightone Records

Transcribed by:  Greg Yuriy

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