Wild Irish Rose
George Jones
Album: It Don't Get Better Than This (1998)

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They sent him to Asia to fight in a war
     D              A         E7
He came back home crazy and asking what for
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They had him committed oh medals and all
      D        A      E7          A
To a mental hospital with rubber walls

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They cut off the funding oh they cut off the lights
    D               A           E7
He hit the street running that cold winter night
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Now the streets are the only place he can call home
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He seems oh so lonely but he's never alone 

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He lies there holding his Wild Irish Rose
       D        A            E7
This crazy old fool in the smelly old clothes
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He could have had something much better God knows
        A          F#m       E7         A
Than a half empty bottle of Wild Irish Rose

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A baby named Scarlet with laughing blue eyes
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Has been in his wallet ah way back since '65
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So much was forgotten oh so far back in time
     D           A           E7       A
Way down in the bottom of a river of wine

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You know they found him at Clarksville West 25th
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They can't even find a heartbeat Lord, his fingers are so stiff
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Just like they're all frozen he's holding her tight 
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But the habit oh it's broken this is Roses' last night

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He lies there holding his Wild Irish Rose
         D           A             E7
But his soul's in a place where a real hero goes
     A                  C#          F#m        D
Now he's got something better much better God knows
        A          F#m       E7        D     A
Than a half empty bottle of Wild Irish R-o-s-e


Outro: (Use same cord progression as the verse)