ENGLAND'S ROSE (Elton John)
 
  
INTRO:   E    B    A    E    B
 
  
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Goodbye England's rose
               A
May you ever grow in our hearts
                         E
You were the grace that placed itself
                        A
Where lives were torn apart
                       E
You called out to our country
                  A
And you whispered to those in pain
                   E
Now you belong to heaven
                              A
And the stars spell out your name


         B
And it seems to me you lived your live
        E             A
Like a candle in the wind
       E
Never fading with the sunset
          B
When the rain set in
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And your footsteps will always fall here
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Along England's greenest hills
                          B
Your candles burned out long before
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Your legend ever will


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Loveliness we've lost
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These empty days without your smile
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This torch we'll always carry
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For our nation's golden child
                    E
And even though we try
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The truth brings us to tears
                  E
All our words cannot express
                                     A
The joy you brought us through the years


         B
And it seems to me you lived your live
        E             A
Like a candle in the wind
       E
Never fading with the sunset
          B
When the rain set in
          A
And your footsteps will always fall here
        E
Along England's greenest hills
                          B
Your candles burned out long before
      A
Your legend ever will


E   B   A   E   B



 E
Goodbye England's rose
              A
May you ever grow in our hearts
                         E
You were the grace that placed itself
                        A
Where lives were torn apart
  E
Goodbye England's rose
                     A
From a country lost without your soul
                                  E
Who'll miss the wings of your compassion
                       A
More than you'll ever know


         B
And it seems to me you lived your live
        E             A
Like a candle in the wind
       E
Never fading with the sunset
          B
When the rain set in
          A
And your footsteps will always fall here
        E
Along England's greenest hills
                          B
Your candles burned out long before
      A
Your legend ever will


E   B   A   E   B