Tom Waits - The Briar And The Rose Chords & Tabs

 

The Briar And The Rose Chords & Tabs

Tom Waits Chords & Tabs

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The Briar And The Rose Chords

   
  Sounds ok if you're picking, Though I know I'm missing a ton of
  step up and intermediate chords, am going to call this the easy version
  and post it anyway.
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                       THE BRIAR AND THE ROSE

   Gm = 355333,  C7 = X32310, D7 = XX0212, Bb = X13331

  F          Gm        C7        F           F     Gm         C7       F
    I fell asleep down by the stream,  And there I had the strangest dream
 Bb                F       A         Dm         G     C     F
    And down by Brennans Glen there grows,   A briar and a rose
 Dm                         C       Bb                     F
    There's a tree in the forest,       But I don't know where
 Bb             F      Gm       C            F     C      F      Bb
    I built a nest out of your hair,  And climbing up, In to the air
      F     C     F
   A briar and a rose
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tom_waits/the_briar_and_the_rose_crd.html ]
 G                Am      D7      G          G      Am       D7      G
    I don't know how long it has been,   But I was born in Brennans Glen
 C                G       B           Em         Am7  D7     G
    And near the end of spring there grows,   A briar and a rose
 Em               D           C    G    C                G    Am    D7
    I picked the rose one   early morn,   I pricked my finger on a thorn
 G                    D7            G     C            G    D       G
    They'd grown so close, Their winding wove,   The briar and the rose

 G              Am        D7    G         G       Am   D7      G
    I tried to tear them both apart,   I felt a bullet in my heart
 C              G        B           Em          Am7  D7       G
    All dressed up in springs new clothes,  The briar and the rose
 Em                D         C       G        C         G      Am   D7
    And when I'm buried, And in my grave,    Tell me so I may know
 G                   D7       G         C           G    D       G
    Your tears will fall, To make love grow,  The briar and the rose

 Em                D         C       G        C         G      Am   D7
    And when I'm buried, And in my grave,    Tell me so I may know
 G                   D7       G         C           G    D       G
    Your tears will fall, To make love grow,  The briar and the rose
 G                   D7       G         C           G    D       G
    Your tears will fall, To make love grow,  The briar and the rose