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The Rose Of The San Joaquin
by:  Tom Russell
written by:  Tom Russell & Ian Tyson - Frontera Music/Slick Fork Music

Note:  I've listed the chord on the refrain over "Rose" as a Cm.
I'm not sure if this is correct but it is played the same as a
Bm only on the third fret instead of the second.

GG Piano Chord 
  EmEm Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 
  EmEm Piano Chord 


GG Piano Chord 
                       BmBm Piano Chord 
        CC Piano Chord 
                           GG Piano Chord 

Farewell to the lights of Madera, I'm leaving with the wind at my back
GG Piano Chord 
                             BmBm Piano Chord 
         CC Piano Chord 
                         GG Piano Chord 

Tell all of my friends in Dos Palos, I'm gone but I'll be circling back
GG Piano Chord 
                               EmEm Piano Chord 

Now I'm crossing the Chowchilia River
GG Piano Chord 
                     EmEm Piano Chord 

By the light of a ragged moonbeam
CC Piano Chord 
        CmCm Piano Chord 
             GG Piano Chord 
     EmEm Piano Chord 

Lord I'll miss the Rose of San Joaquin

EmEm Piano Chord 
            GG Piano Chord 
                   BmBm Piano Chord 
           CC Piano Chord 
           GG Piano Chord 

I'll miss the sun on the Sierra Nevadas, adobe moon on the rise
GG Piano Chord 
                          BmBm Piano Chord 
              CC Piano Chord 
                     GG Piano Chord 

Shining down on my love in Madera, shining into her dark Spanish eyes
GG Piano Chord 
                              EmEm Piano Chord 

Oh she taught me those Mexican love songs
GG Piano Chord 
                      EmEm Piano Chord 

"Volver, Volver" in my dreams
CC Piano Chord 
        CmCm Piano Chord 
          GG Piano Chord 

And I miss the Rose of San Joaquin
GG Piano Chord 
                   EmEm Piano Chord 

Caught somewhere between
CC Piano Chord 
            CmCm Piano Chord 
             GG Piano Chord 
     EmEm Piano Chord 

The road and the Rose of San Joaquin

EmEm Piano Chord 
     GG Piano Chord 
                      BmBm Piano Chord 
             CC Piano Chord 
                      GG Piano Chord 

Oh her black hair fell on the blanket in the tall grass we with the dew
GG Piano Chord 
                                    BmBm Piano Chord 

Making love through the night by the river
CC Piano Chord 
                          GG Piano Chord 

Oh Magdalene how my heart cries for you
GG Piano Chord 
                        EmEm Piano Chord 

Alone on this highway of darkness
GG Piano Chord 
                       EmEm Piano Chord 

You are the light of my dreams
CC Piano Chord 
        CmCm Piano Chord 
             GG Piano Chord 

And I miss the Rose of San Joaquin
GG Piano Chord 
                   EmEm Piano Chord 

Caught somewhere between
CC Piano Chord 
            CmCm Piano Chord 
             GG Piano Chord 
     EmEm Piano Chord 

The road and the Rose of San Joaquin

GG Piano Chord 
  EmEm Piano Chord 
  CC Piano Chord 
  CmCm Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 


Transcribed by:  Greg Yuriy