Owen Blundell, Convict And The Rose Tabs

The Convict And The Rose
Owen Blundell (Australian Country Artist)

***Brackets Indicate All Chords Occur In
   One Bar/Measure***

Key = C
Intro: G7 - G7 - C - C

  C                        G7
I Sit In My Prison Cell So Dreary
                      C    (C - G7)
With A Sad And Aching Heart
C                   G7
Thinking Only Of My Darlin'
                         C
From Whom Forever I Must Part

  C                     G7
A Rose She Sent Me As A Token
                             C    (C - G7)
Said She Try And Forget Your Gloom
       C                         G7
And To Tell Me That Her Heart Is Broken
                       C
Before I Go To Meet My Doom

    C                         G7
The Rose She Took It From The Garden
                                      C    (C - G7)
Where Together We Once Walked Side By Side
       C                      G7
And To Tell Me That I Hold No Pardon
                           C      C
That She Could Never Be My Bride

Inst. Break: G7 - G7 - C - C

    C                          G7
The Judge Would Not Believe My Story
                          C    (C - G7)
The Jury Said I'd Have To Pay
    C                       G7
But To The Rose In All It's Glory
                             C
Not Guilty Is All That I Can Say

   C                    G7
To-morrow As The Day Is Dawning
                         C    (C - G7)
I'll Meet My Maker In Re-pose
    C                        G7
But When They Find Me In The Morning
                              C   F   C   (C - G7 - C - Stop)
At My Heart They'll Find This Rose