Canadian Rose Chords & Tabs
This is a fairly simple piece, it just requires a lot of bar chords. If you don't want
to use bar chords, you can also play it with a capo, but it doesn't sound as good.
Intro: B E B F#
B E B F# B
Autumn air it carries me there
B E
Less than an hour ago
B E
Six hundred miles an hour
B E
And still it feels so slow
G#m F#
I'm trying to get back to Burlington
B E
To a square in the center of town
B E
To a spot on a wooden table
B E
Where her feet didn't reach the ground
G#m F#
And when she kisses me it tasted like cinnamon
B E
And her skin smells of cidar and rose
B E
And when she looked at me we both got quiet
B E
And my heart beats so hard we were in so close
G#m F#
Once for such a beautiful while that still makes me smile
B F# B
And she called me her ugly American
B E
And I would call her my Canadian flower
B E
And I don't think that we'll ever get there again
B E
We had such power
G#m F#
And she called me her ugly American
B E
And I'll remember my Canadian rose
B E
Especially when the fall comes to Burlington
B E
We were in so close
G#m F#
Harmonica solo: Same chords as intro
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/blues_traveler/canadian_rose_crd.html ]
I finally made it this town looks rearranged
B E
I don't know these people anymore
B E
But in the best ways not much else has changed
B E
From the way it was before
G#m F#
And at least they still have this certain table
B E
Where I once carved a particular name
B E
I run my finger through the weathered carving
B E
And I almost can feel the same
G#m F#
And my mouth it almost tastes just like cinnamon
B E
As I ponder what my pilgrimage means
B E
And I try to figure out where Vancouver is from here
B E
And I listen to the leaves
G#m F#
If only for a beautiful while that still makes me smile
B F# B
Harmonica solo: Same chords as intro
And she called me her ugly American
B E
And I would call her my Canadian flower
B E
And I don't think that we'll ever get there again
B E
We had such power
G#m F#
And she called me her ugly American
B E
And I'll remember my Canadian rose
B E
Especially when the fall comes to Burlington
B E
We were in so close
G#m F#
And every single hope and dream I could ever conjure up
B E
Passionately springs in me and all things are possible
B E
Plausible and perfectly both of ours forever after and every day
B E
At least it seemed that way
G#m F#
Once for such a beautiful while that still makes me smile
B F# B
And she called me her ugly American
B E
And I would call her my Canadian flower
B E
And I don't think that we'll ever get there again
B E
We had such power
G#m F#
And she called me her ugly American
B E
And I'll remember my Canadian rose
B E
Especially when the fall comes to Burlington
B E
We were in so close
G#m F#
If you don't want to use bar chords, put a capo on the fourth fret and use G instead of
B, C instead of E, E minor instead of G#m, and D instead of F#.
-Bov
