Big Blue Roses
Feller and Hill
Written by Tom T. Hall and Dixie Hall
Key of G · Chords: I IV V
Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play alongVerse 1
G C Big blue roses round my door D7 G Seems to me they were always red before C Big blue roses don't look real D7 G Are they blue or is it just the way I feel
Verse 2
D7 We dreamed a wedding in the spring and a love for ever more G A picket fence a cottage and some roses round the door D7 When you decided you'd move on and all our plans fell through G It got so cold in mid July the roses all turned blue
Verse 1
G C Big blue roses round my door D7 G Seems to me they were always red before C Big blue roses don't look real D7 G Are they blue or is it just the way I feel
Verse 3
D7 We planted roses in the spring with tender loving care G We treated them like babies every minute we could spare D7 We watched them grow we watched them bloom and reach up for the sky G We took care of the roses but we let a good love die
Verse 1
G C Big blue roses round my door D7 G Seems to me they were always red before C Big blue roses don't look real D7 G Are they blue or is it just the way I feel
Verse 4
D7 G
Are they blue or is it just the way I feel