TITLE: WILD IRISH ROSE

BY: GEORGE JONES

KEY OF A


VERSE 1:

(A)THEY SENT HIM TO ASIA TO (D) FIGHT IN A (A) WAR

HE CAME BACK HOME CRAZY AND THEY (E) ASKED HIM WHAT FOR

(A)THEY HAD HIM COMMITED OH (D) MEDALS AND (A) ALL

TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL (E) WITH RUBBER (A) WALLS


VERSE 2:

(A) THEY CUT OFF THE FUNDING OH THEY (D) CUT OF THE (A)LIGHTS

HE HIT THE STREET RUNNING THAT (E) COLD WINTER NIGHT

(A) NOW THE STREETS ARE THE ONLY PLACE (D) HE CAN CALL (A)HOME

HE SEEMS OH SO LONELY BUT (E) HE'S NEVER (A) ALONE


CHORUS:

(A)HES LIES HOLDING HIS (D) WILD IRISH (A) ROSE

THIS CRAZY OLD FOOL IN THE (E) SMELLY OLD CLOTHES

(A)HE COULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING MUCH (D) BETTER,  GOD KNOWS(A)

THEN A HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF (E) WILD IRISH (A) ROSE


VERSE 3:

(A)A BABY NAMED SCARLET WITH (D)LAUGHING BLUE (A) EYES

HAS BEEN IN HIS WALLET ALL THE (E) WAY BACK SINCE (A) '65

SO MUCH WAS FORGOTTEN OH SO (D) FAR BACK IN (A) TIME

WAY DOWN IN THE BOTTOM OF A (E) RIVER OF (A) WINE


SPOKEN:

YOU KNOW THEY FOUND HIM ON PARK STREET, (D) WEST 25TH (A)

THEY CANT EVEN FIND A HEART BEAT LORD HIS (E) FINGERS ARE STIFF

(A)JUST LIKE THEIR ALL FROZEN HE'S (D) HOLDING HER (A) TIGHT

BUT THE HABIT OH ITS BROKEN THIS IS (E) ROSES LAST (A) NIGHT


CHORUS 2

(A)HE LIES THERE HOLDING HIS (D) WILD IRISH (A) ROSE

BUT HIS SOULS IN A PLACE WHERE A (E) REAL HERO GOES

(A)NOW HES GOT SOMETHING BETTER,(D) MUCH BETTER, GOD (A) KNOWS

THEN A HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF (E) WILD IRISH (A) ROSE