The Yellow Rose of Texas

Michael Martin Murphey

Traditional

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G
There's a yellow rose in Texas that I am going to see
D7
No other cowboy knows her nobody only me
G
She cried so when I left her it like to broke her heart
C              G             D7               G
And if we ever meet again we never more shall part

Verse 2

She's the sweetest rose of color this cowboy ever knew
D7
Her eyes are bright as diamonds they sparkle like the dew
G
You may talk about your dearest maids and sing of Rosalie
C                   G                  D7        G
But the yellow rose of Texas beats the belles of Tennessee

Verse 3

Where the Rio Grande is flowing and stars are shinning bright
D7
We walked along together on a quiet summer night
G
She said if you remember when we parted long ago
C                    G              D7             G
You promised to come back again and never leave me so

Verse 2

She's the sweetest rose of color this cowboy ever knew
D7
Her eyes are bright as diamonds they sparkle like the dew
G
You may talk about your dearest maids and sing of Rosalie
C                   G                  D7        G
But the yellow rose of Texas beats the belles of Tennessee

Verse 4

I'm going back to see her my heart is full of woe
D7
We'll sing the song together we sang so long ago
G
We'll pick the banjo gaily and sing the songs of yore
C                   G                D7            G
And the yellow rose of Texas will be mine for ever more

Verse 2

She's the sweetest rose of color this cowboy ever knew
D7
Her eyes are bright as diamonds they sparkle like the dew
G
You may talk about your dearest maids and sing of Rosalie
C                   G                  D7        G
But the yellow rose of Texas beats the belles of Tennessee