Wild Irish Rose

	  		KEY OF A 
 
 
VERSE 1: 
 
(A)THEY SENT HIM TO ASIA TO (D) FIGHT IN A (A) WAR 
 
HE CAME BACK HOME CRAZY AND THEY (E) ASKED HIM WHAT FOR 
 
(A)THEY HAD HIM COMMITED OH (D) MEDALS AND (A) ALL 
 
TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL (E) WITH RUBBER (A) WALLS 
 
 
VERSE 2: 
 
(A) THEY CUT OFF THE FUNDING OH THEY (D) CUT OF THE (A)LIGHTS 
 
HE HIT THE STREET RUNNING THAT (E) COLD WINTER NIGHT 
 
(A) NOW THE STREETS ARE THE ONLY PLACE (D) HE CAN CALL (A)HOME 
 
HE SEEMS OH SO LONELY BUT (E) HE'S NEVER (A) ALONE 
 
 
CHORUS: 
 
(A)HES LIES HOLDING HIS (D) WILD IRISH (A) ROSE 
 
THIS CRAZY OLD FOOL IN THE (E) SMELLY OLD CLOTHES 
 
(A)HE COULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING MUCH (D) BETTER,  GOD KNOWS(A) 
 
THEN A HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF (E) WILD IRISH (A) ROSE 
 
 
VERSE 3: 
 
(A)A BABY NAMED SCARLET WITH (D)LAUGHING BLUE (A) EYES 
 
HAS BEEN IN HIS WALLET ALL THE (E) WAY BACK SINCE (A) '65 
 
SO MUCH WAS FORGOTTEN OH SO (D) FAR BACK IN (A) TIME 
 
WAY DOWN IN THE BOTTOM OF A (E) RIVER OF (A) WINE 
 
 
SPOKEN: 
 
YOU KNOW THEY FOUND HIM ON PARK STREET, (D) WEST 25TH (A) 
 
THEY CANT EVEN FIND A HEART BEAT LORD HIS (E) FINGERS ARE STIFF 
 
(A)JUST LIKE THEIR ALL FROZEN HE'S (D) HOLDING HER (A) TIGHT 
 
BUT THE HABIT OH ITS BROKEN THIS IS (E) ROSES LAST (A) NIGHT 
 
 
CHORUS 2 
 
(A)HE LIES THERE HOLDING HIS (D) WILD IRISH (A) ROSE 
 
BUT HIS SOULS IN A PLACE WHERE A (E) REAL HERO GOES 
 
(A)NOW HES GOT SOMETHING BETTER,(D) MUCH BETTER, GOD (A) KNOWS 
 
THEN A HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF (E) WILD IRISH (A) ROSE