Wild Irish Rose by George Jones September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013 This is one of my favorite songs of all time, but the only versions I found weren't exactly wrong, just incomplete. This song is VERY easy to play; you can arpeggiate the chords if you want to make it that much better, but strumming is just fine. "George Jones has left us. We have lost one of the most individual singers of all time. I cannot express the emptiness I feel." Keith Richards VERSE 1:

^ATHEY SENT HIM TO ASIA TO ^DFIGHT IN A ^AWAR HE ^DCAME BACK HOME ^ACRAZY AND THEY ^EASKED HIM WHAT FOR ^ATHEY HAD HIM COMMITTED OH^D MEDALS AND^A ALL TO A ^DMENTAL HOS^APITAL ^EWITH RUBBER ^AWALLS

VERSE 2:

^A THEY CUT OFF THE FUNDING OH THEY ^DCUT OF THE ^ALIGHTS HE ^DHIT THE STREET ^ARUNNING THAT ^ECOLD WINTER NIGHT ^A NOW THE STREETS ARE THE ONLY PLACE ^DHE CAN CALL ^AHOME HE ^DSEEMS OH SO ^ALONELY BUT ^EHE'S NEVER ^AALONE

CHORUS:

^AHE LIES THERE ^C#mHOLDING HIS ^DWILD IRISH ^AROSE THIS ^DCRAZY OLD ^AFOOL IN THE ^ESMELLY OLD CLOTHES ^AHE COULD HAVE HAD ^C#mSOMETHING MUCH ^DBETTER, GOD ^AKNOWS THAN A ^AHALF EMPTY ^DBOTTLE OF ^EWILD IRISH ^AROSE

VERSE 3:

^AA BABY NAMED SCARLET WITH ^DLAUGHING BLUE ^AEYES HAS ^DBEEN IN HIS WALLET^A OH WAY B^EACK SINCE '65 ^A SO MUCH WAS FORGOTTEN OH SO ^DFAR BACK IN ^ATIME WAY ^DDOWN IN THE ^ABOTTOM OF A ^ERIVER OF ^AWINE

SPOKEN:

YOU KNOW THEY FOUND HIM ON PARK STREET, ^DWEST 25TH ^A ^DTHEY CANT EVEN FIND A ^AHEART BEAT LORD HIS ^EFINGERS ARE STIFF ^AJUST LIKE THEIR ALL FROZEN HE'S ^DHOLDING HER ^ATIGHT BUT THE ^DHABIT OH ITS ^ABROKEN THIS IS ^EROSES LAST ^ANIGHT

CHORUS 2

^AHE LIES THERE ^C#mHOLDING HIS ^DWILD IRISH ^AROSE BUT HIS ^DSOUL'S IN A ^APLACE WHERE A ^EREAL HERO GOES NOW HES ^AGOT SOMETHING ^C#mBETTER, MUCH ^DBETTER, GOD ^AKNOWS No Chords THAN A HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF WILD IRISH ROSE

Outro A, C#m, D, A, D, A, E (x2)

George Jones - Wild irish rose