Bright Blue Rose chords
Mary BlackSong Key: Db Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 118 bpm
Guitar Tuning: E A D G B e
Skill Level: Beginner
Guitar Chords in C Major: C, F, G, Dm, Bb
Capo: 1st fret (to play along with the video in Db Major)
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Bright Blue Rose
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C
1. I skimmed a-cross black wa-ter
F
With-out once sub-merg-ing
C G
On-to the banks of an ur-ban morn-ing
C
That hun-gers the first light
F
Much, much more than...
C G C
Moun-tains... e-ver do
C
2. And she, like a ghost be-side me
F
Goes down with the ease of a dol-phin
C G
And e-mer-ges un-learned, un-shamed, un-harmed
C
For she is the per-fect crea-ture
F
Na-tu-ral in ev'-ery fea-ture
C G C
And I am the geek with the al-che-mists' stone
Dm G C
Chorus: For all of you who must dis-co-ver
Dm G C
For all who seek to un-der-stand
Dm G C
For having left the path of o-thers
Bb F G
You'll find a ve-ry special hand
C
3. And it is a ho-ly thing
F
And it is a pre-cious time
C G
And it is the on-ly way
C
For-get-me-nots a-mong the snow
F
It's al-ways been, and so it goes
C G C
To pon-der his death and his life e-ter-nal-ly
C F C G C
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Dm G C
Chorus: For all of you who must dis-co-ver
Dm G C
For all who seek to un-der-stand
Dm G C
For having left the path of o-thers
Bb F G
You'll find a ve-ry special hand
C
4. And it is a ho-ly thing
F
And it is a pre-cious time
C G
And it is the on-ly way
C
For-get-me-nots a-mong the snow
F
It's al-ways been, and so it goes
C G C
To pon-der his death and his life e-ter-nal-ly
C
One bright blue rose out-lives all those
F
Two thous-and years, and still it goes
C G C
To pon-der his death and his life e-ter-nal-ly...Arrangement Details:
- Key Signature: Db Major - 5 flats (Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb)
- Chords in Db Major: Db, Gb,Ab, Ebm, B
- Time Signature: 4/4 — Four quarter-note beats per measure
- Tempo: Moderately
- Metronome: ♩ = 118
- Voice Range: Ab3 - Gb4
Song Details:

- Songwriter: Jimmy MacCarthy
- Lyrics Begin: I skimmed across black water, without once submerging,
- Genre: Folk, Celtic
- Featured Artist: Mary Black
Born: 23 May 1955 im Dublin, Ireland
Profession: Singer
Instruments: Vocals - Song included in the following albums:
Babes In The Wood (1991)
The Collection (1992)
Looking Back - The Best Of Mary Black (1995)
Mary Black – Live (2002)
Twenty-Five Years, Twenty-Five Songs (2008)
Mary Black Sings Jimmy MacCarthy (Dec, 2017)
The Best From Twenty Five Years (Nov 29, 2021)
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