Red Red Rose
Longmire, 2009
[Intro] [rubato]    Am   G   F   E 
                    Am   G   F   E

Am                          G
my love is not much like a red red rose
      F                        E
with petals that fall to the ground
Am                        G
after a brief brilliant bloom
 F                           E
leaving nought but spindly stalks
Am               G
thorny angular sticks that hurt
F                      E
anyone who comes too close
        E                                       Am
   to protect against the things that might be bad

[rhythmic, latin beat]
Am  G  F  E

Am               G
my love is more like the first dandelion
F                                     E
which created all that color that we see
Am                    G    F              E
not in vases but in fields all over the planet
Am            G
they live to make more dandelions
F                           E
my love lives to make more love
Am         G         F             E
not high  not fancy but surely prolific
     E                     Am       
   they will regenerate forever

Am  G  F  E

Am           G         F           E
the rose is mystical  sacred and aloof
Am             G            F
a favorite of painters and poets
       F                  E
    structured symbol of myth
Am                 G
my love is of the earth  
      F                        E
it spreads and grows with the wind
Am          G                 F    E
accessable yellow profusion
   E                            Am
   you can make wine from dandelions