Sweet Rosie O-Grady chords

by The Freddy Williams Four
  • Sweet Rosie O-Grady was written and composed by Maude Nugent - an American singer and composer born in Brooklyn, New York on Jan 12, 1873 - died June 3, 1958.
  • This cover is by The Freddy Williams Four from the album Best Of Barbershop.
  • Music: D Major → (key change) → G Major in 3/4 & 4/4 time at moderate tempo (Chorus: ~ 52 bpm ♩)
  • Chords: D, A7, G, Bm, E7, F#, C, D7, Em, B
Chart Legend
Numbered Circles: Fingers used to play chords   O: Optional Note
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings   R: Root Note
Unmarked strings: Play open   X: Don't play string    B: Bass Note
G Major D Major D7 A7 C Major E7 Em Bm B Major F# Major
G Major D Major D7 A7 C Major E7 Em Bm B Major F# Major

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other key 
 
Time Signatures: Verses:   4/4
                 Choruses: 3/4  

        D              A7                D          A7     D   
1. With-in a charm-ing cot-tage near the place that saw my birth
         A                    E7                                 A7         
   There dwells the sweet-est lit-tle flow-er that e-ver grew on earth
        D                   A7               D       A7         D
   This flow-er is known as Ro-sie, 'tis her love-ly christ-ian name
       A           E7                                 A7  
   But had she any oth-er name, I'd love her just the same 


        D     A7       D       G  A7          D   
Chorus: Sweet Ro-sie O'Gra-dy, my beau-ti-ful Rose
        Bm               D      E7             A7   
        She's my lit-tle la-dy, that ev'ry-one knows
        D   A7          D         G   A7           F#   
        And when we are mar-ried, how hap-py we'll be
        G                     D   Bm     E7       A7           D   
        I love sweet Ro-sie O'Gra-dy and Ro-sie O'Gra-dy loves me 
         D   A7    D
        (She loves me)... key change    

     G                D7              G         D7    G         
2. I ne-ver shall for-get the day she pro-mised to be mine, 
      D               A7                                D7 
   As we sat tell-ing love tales, with a hap-pi-ness di-vine. 
     G              D7              G        D7        G
   U-pon her finger then I placed a small en-gage-ment ring, 
         D7                A7                                     D7 
   While in the trees, the lit-tle birds this love song seemed to sing...
  
     
        G     D7       G       C  D7          G   
Chorus: Sweet Ro-sie O'Gra-dy, my beau-ti-ful Rose
        Em               G      A7             D7   
        She's my lit-tle la-dy, that ev'ry-one knows
        G   D7          G         C   D7           B   
        And when we are mar-ried, how hap-py we'll be
        C                     G   Em     A7       D7           G  
        I love sweet Ro-sie O'Gra-dy and Ro-sie O'Gra-dy loves me 
        C                     G   Em     A7       D7           G  
        I love sweet Ro-sie O'Gra-dy and Ro-sie O'Gra-dy loves me
        G        C            G 
        Ro-sie O'Gra-dy loves me...
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