Artist: George Jones
[VERSE 1]
[A]THEY SENT HIM TO ASIA TO [D]FIGHT IN A [A]WAR
HE [D]CAME BACK HOME [A]CRAZY AND THEY [E]ASKED HIM WHAT FOR
[A]THEY HAD HIM COMMITTED OH[D] MEDALS AND[A] ALL
TO A [D]MENTAL HOS[A]PITAL [E]WITH RUBBER [A]WALLS
[VERSE 2]
[A] THEY CUT OFF THE FUNDING OH THEY [D]CUT OF THE [A]LIGHTS
HE [D]HIT THE STREET [A]RUNNING THAT [E]COLD WINTER NIGHT
[A] NOW THE STREETS ARE THE ONLY PLACE [D]HE CAN CALL [A]HOME
HE [D]SEEMS OH SO [A]LONELY BUT [E]HE'S NEVER [A]ALONE
[CHORUS]
[A]HE LIES THERE [C#m]HOLDING HIS [D]WILD IRISH [A]ROSE
THIS [D]CRAZY OLD [A]FOOL IN THE [E]SMELLY OLD CLOTHES
[A]HE COULD HAVE HAD [C#m]SOMETHING MUCH [D]BETTER, GOD [A]KNOWS
THAN A [A]HALF EMPTY [D]BOTTLE OF [E]WILD IRISH [A]ROSE
[VERSE 3]
[A]A BABY NAMED SCARLET WITH [D]LAUGHING BLUE [A]EYES
HAS [D]BEEN IN HIS WALLET[A] OH WAY B[E]ACK SINCE '65 [A]
SO MUCH WAS FORGOTTEN OH SO [D]FAR BACK IN [A]TIME
WAY [D]DOWN IN THE [A]BOTTOM OF A [E]RIVER OF [A]WINE
SPOKEN:
YOU KNOW THEY FOUND HIM ON PARK STREET, [D]WEST 25TH [A]
[D]THEY CANT EVEN FIND A [A]HEART BEAT LORD HIS [E]FINGERS ARE STIFF
[A]JUST LIKE THEIR ALL FROZEN HE'S [D]HOLDING HER [A]TIGHT
BUT THE [D]HABIT OH ITS [A]BROKEN THIS IS [E]ROSES LAST [A]NIGHT
[CHORUS 2]
[A]HE LIES THERE [C#m]HOLDING HIS [D]WILD IRISH [A]ROSE
BUT HIS [D]SOUL'S IN A [A]PLACE WHERE A [E]REAL HERO GOES
NOW HES [A]GOT SOMETHING [C#m]BETTER, MUCH [D]BETTER, GOD [A]KNOWS
No Chords
THAN A HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF WILD IRISH ROSE
[OUTRO]
[A] , [C#m] , [D] , [A] , [D] , [A] , [E] (x2)
[A]THEY SENT HIM TO ASIA TO [D]FIGHT IN A [A]WAR
HE [D]CAME BACK HOME [A]CRAZY AND THEY [E]ASKED HIM WHAT FOR
[A]THEY HAD HIM COMMITTED OH[D] MEDALS AND[A] ALL
TO A [D]MENTAL HOS[A]PITAL [E]WITH RUBBER [A]WALLS
[VERSE 2]
[A] THEY CUT OFF THE FUNDING OH THEY [D]CUT OF THE [A]LIGHTS
HE [D]HIT THE STREET [A]RUNNING THAT [E]COLD WINTER NIGHT
[A] NOW THE STREETS ARE THE ONLY PLACE [D]HE CAN CALL [A]HOME
HE [D]SEEMS OH SO [A]LONELY BUT [E]HE'S NEVER [A]ALONE
[CHORUS]
[A]HE LIES THERE [C#m]HOLDING HIS [D]WILD IRISH [A]ROSE
THIS [D]CRAZY OLD [A]FOOL IN THE [E]SMELLY OLD CLOTHES
[A]HE COULD HAVE HAD [C#m]SOMETHING MUCH [D]BETTER, GOD [A]KNOWS
THAN A [A]HALF EMPTY [D]BOTTLE OF [E]WILD IRISH [A]ROSE
[VERSE 3]
[A]A BABY NAMED SCARLET WITH [D]LAUGHING BLUE [A]EYES
HAS [D]BEEN IN HIS WALLET[A] OH WAY B[E]ACK SINCE '65 [A]
SO MUCH WAS FORGOTTEN OH SO [D]FAR BACK IN [A]TIME
WAY [D]DOWN IN THE [A]BOTTOM OF A [E]RIVER OF [A]WINE
SPOKEN:
YOU KNOW THEY FOUND HIM ON PARK STREET, [D]WEST 25TH [A]
[D]THEY CANT EVEN FIND A [A]HEART BEAT LORD HIS [E]FINGERS ARE STIFF
[A]JUST LIKE THEIR ALL FROZEN HE'S [D]HOLDING HER [A]TIGHT
BUT THE [D]HABIT OH ITS [A]BROKEN THIS IS [E]ROSES LAST [A]NIGHT
[CHORUS 2]
[A]HE LIES THERE [C#m]HOLDING HIS [D]WILD IRISH [A]ROSE
BUT HIS [D]SOUL'S IN A [A]PLACE WHERE A [E]REAL HERO GOES
NOW HES [A]GOT SOMETHING [C#m]BETTER, MUCH [D]BETTER, GOD [A]KNOWS
No Chords
THAN A HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF WILD IRISH ROSE
[OUTRO]
[A] , [C#m] , [D] , [A] , [D] , [A] , [E] (x2)
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