Fred Eaglesmith – White Rose chords

White Rose
By Fred Eaglesmith

capo 4th fret


C Am Em F (x2)

          CWell the whole town came out to watch
    Amthe day they paved the parking lot
    EmSomebody hung a ribbon up
    F                       Fand then they cut it down

         CAnd that big white rose upon that sign
    Amput innocence in all our lives
EmWe could see its neon lights
F                 Fhalf a mile out

        CGas was fifty cents a gallon
     AmThey put it in for you
           EmAnd they'd pump your tires and check your oil
    F                       Fand wash your windows too

         CAnd we'd shine those cars bright as bright
         AmAnd we'd go park underneath that light
EmStare out at the prarie sky
          F                    FThere was nothing else to do

Chorus:
                AmBut now there's plywood for glass
          Emwhere the windows all got smashed
            FAnd there's just a chuck of concrete
            Gwhere those old pumps used to stand
          AmThere's a couple of cars half outta the ground
         EmAnd that oil sign still spins 'round and 'round
    F                                               G      Am But I guess the White Rose filling station's just a memory now

        CAnd the girls would spend a couple a bucks
        Amjust to meet the boys workin' at the pumps
    EmAnd they'd grow up and fall in love
    F                     FAnd they all moved away

CStrangers used to stop and ask
    Amhow far they'd driven off the map
    EmAnd then they built that overpass
             F                         FAnd now they stay out on the highway

(Repeat Chorus)

         FAnd that neon sign was the heart and soul
   Amof this old one horse town
         GAnd it's like it lost its will to live
    Fthe day they shut it down

(Repeat Chorus)

(Repeat last line of chorus)