The Yellow Rose Of Texas

Ernest Tubb

Traditional

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C
There's a yellow rose in Texas that I'm gonna see
  G7
Nobody else could miss her not half as much as me
    C
She cried so when I left her it like to broke my heart
    F           C           G7              C
And if I'd ever find her we never more will part

Verse 2

She's the sweetest little rosebud that Texas ever knew
    G7
Her eyes are bright as diamonds they sparkle like the dew
    C
You may talk about your Clementine and sing of Rosalee
        F              C            G7            C
But the Yellow Rose of Texas is the only girl for me

Verse 3

Where the Rio Grande is flowing and the starry skies are bright
    G7
She walks along the river in the quiet summer night
  C
I know that she remembers when we parted long ago
  F             C              G7               C
I promised that I'd return and not to leave her so

Verse 2

She's the sweetest little rosebud that Texas ever knew
    G7
Her eyes are bright as diamonds they sparkle like the dew
    C
You may talk about your Clementine and sing of Rosalee
        F              C            G7            C
But the Yellow Rose of Texas is the only girl for me

Verse 4

Now I'm going back to find her for my heart is full of vow
      G7
We'll do the things together we did so long ago
      C
We'll play the banjo gaily she'll love me like before
        F              C              G7            C
And the Yellow Rose of Texas shall be mine for ever more

Verse 2

She's the sweetest little rosebud that Texas ever knew
    G7
Her eyes are bright as diamonds they sparkle like the dew
    C
You may talk about your Clementine and sing of Rosalee
        F              C            G7            C
But the Yellow Rose of Texas is the only girl for me