Frank Sinatra – Roses Of Picardy (Guitar)

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Lyrics: Frederic Weatherly Music: Haydn Wood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roses_of_Picardy Published in London in 1916 by Chappell & Co, it is one of the most famous songs of the First World War and has been recorded frequently up to the present day. Frank Sinatra recorded "Roses of Picardy" on June 13, 1962. It was part of his album "Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain". The recording took place at CTS Studios in Bayswater, London, during a three-night session. The album was released in October 1962. Key of D CAPO II [Intro] Am Dm Am Dm Am E Am E [Verse 1]

E      Am       E      Am
She is watching by the poplars,

    C              G        C
Colinette with the sea-blue eyes,

E      Am           E           Am
She is watching and longing and waiting

          Em         B7      E
Where the long white roadway lies.

E     A    E            A E
And a song stirs in the silence,

       B7                 E
As the wind in the boughs above,

    G                      C
She listens and starts and trembles,

         G            D7      G    G7
'Tis the first little song of love:

[Refrain]

G         G7         C       Am
Roses are shining in Picardy,

       Dm          G7     C   E7
In the hush of the silver dew,

A         A7           Dm
Roses are flowering in Picardy,

            D       D7        G   G7
But there's never a rose like you!

        G          G7           C
And the roses will die with the summertime,

Am      Dm           G7   C    E7
And our roads may be far apart,

            A             A7          D
But there's one rose that dies not in Picardy!

         Dm          G7         C
'Tis the rose that I keep in my heart!