Russell Tom - Rose Of San Joaquin guitar tab

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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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