Roses In The Snow

Emmylou Harris

Written by Ruth Franks

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                       F
I met my darling in the springtime
     C                       G7
When all the flowers were in bloom
    C                         F
And like the flowers our love blossomed
   C       G7              C
We married in the month of June

Verse 2

                            F
Our love was like a burning ember

Verse 3

It warmed us as a golden glow
C
We had sunshine in December
    G7                     C
And threw our roses in the snow

Verse 4

                      F
Now God  had taken my darling
    C              G7
And left me with a memory
C                      F
A memory I will always cherish
C              G7               C
Are these last words he said to me

Verse 2

                            F
Our love was like a burning ember

Verse 5

C                          F
My darling's buried on the hillside
C                                 G7
Where all the wild spring flowers grow
    C                       F
And when winter snows start falling
C      G7                 C
On his grave I'll place a rose

Verse 2

                            F
Our love was like a burning ember