Rose Water
'Rose
Water' is on "Wingless Angels", RCA, 1975, CD re-issue together with
"Cannons in the Rain" (RCA, 1973) on a single CD by Bear Family
Records, 1990.
Great and lovely,
overlooked and underrated song, I say – what a fine chorus.
(C) (D) (G,
highlight d-c [on B-string] to) (Em) (C) (Bm) (Am7 short) (D)
(C) Rose
(D)water,
(G) Eastern
(Em)daughter,
(C) Jasmine
(Bm)lady in the (Am7 short)western (D)sun.
(C) Rose
(D)water,
(G)
Something's (Em)got her,
(C) Chasing
(Bm)shadows where (E4)there are none. (Bass notes B-D-C to…)
(C) Valiums
and (D)hearty,
(G) An L.A.
(Em)party,
(C) Topanga
(Bm)music on the (Am7 short)radi(D)o.
(C) Hearty
and (D)downers,
(G) An out
of (Em)towner,
(C) Lady
(Bm)asking which (E4)way to go.
And it's
(Cj7)all in good (Bm)time,
Just (C)one
day (A7 short)at a (D)time.
Oh, it's
(Cj7)all (C)in good (Bm)time,
'Cause
(Em)when you're young,
Just
(C)like the sun,
It (A7
short)goes so quickly (D)by.(descending high notes run f#-e-d-c)
(C) (D) (G) (Em) (C) (Bm) (Am7 short) (D) (C) (D) (G) (Em) (C) (Bm) (E4)
And it's
(Cj7)all in good (Bm)time,
Just (C)one
day (A7 short)at a (D)time.
Oh, it's
(Cj7)all (C)in good (Bm)time,
'Cause
(Em)when you're young,
Just
(C)like the sun,
You (A7
short)feel you'll never (D)die.(descending high notes run d-c-b-a-g)
(C) Rose
(D)water,
(G) Eastern
(Em)daughter,
(C) Jasmine
(Bm)lady in the (Am7 short)western (D)sun.
(C) Rose
(D)water,
(G)
Something's (Em)got her,
(C) Chasing
(Bm)shadows where (Am7 short)there (D)are (G)none.
(F) (C) (D) (G) (Am7)(G) (C)(G)(D) (C) (D) (G)(Em) (C) (D) (G)
© John
Stewart, All Rights Reserved
janhauenstein@gmx.de, Charlie Woodward & Art Faller
October 2004