ONE RED ROSE


Recorded by John Prine on the album Storm Windows 1980

G                     D                   C      
Rain came down on the tin roof   hardly a sound was left 
         D               C                   D                    G       D
from the birthday    the kitchen light fell asleep on the bedroom floor
G               D                C                   D
Me and her were talking softer   than all the time before I lost her
    C              D                   G
her picture sat on top of the chest-of-drawers
         C       D           G       C                   G         D     Db  
CHORUS:  ONE RED ROSE IN THE BIBLE   PRESSED BETWEEN THE HOLY ALPHABET
C                 D                   G                    C
PROBABLY WOULDN'T BELIEVE YOU  IF YOU TOLD ME   BUT WHAT I NEVER KNEW
  D          G        C
I NEVER WILL FORGET
G                     D            C                          D
Rainy nights get dark real early   her dress was soft and her hair was curly
   C                 D                G    D  G                 D 
we danced around the table to the old banjo   rainy nights were made for lovers
C                  D                        C       D                    G
we lay there still beneath the covers   and I ain't never felt like that before

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: verse chords

REPEAT CHORUS ONCE MORE:

For the D Db C in the Chorus I alternate by using a D chord then the Db sliding the
same formation down 1 fret twords the nut then the C chord.

The second time I use a walk down by strumming the D chord then hit the d string (4th string)
open then 5th string 4th fret the form the C chord and hit the 5th string 3rd fret not before
playing the chord.

Going from the Verse to Chorus I use a standard walk from the G chord to the C chord

ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.