Convict And The Rose

	  		The Convict And The Rose 
Owen Blundell (Australian Country Artist) 
 
***Brackets Indicate All Chords Occur In 
   One Bar/Measure*** 
 
Key = C 
Intro: G7 - G7 - C - C 
 
  C                        G7 
I Sit In My Prison Cell So Dreary 
                      C    (C - G7) 
With A Sad And Aching Heart 
C                   G7 
Thinking Only Of My Darlin' 
                         C 
From Whom Forever I Must Part 
 
  C                     G7 
A Rose She Sent Me As A Token 
                             C    (C - G7) 
Said She Try And Forget Your Gloom 
       C                         G7 
And To Tell Me That Her Heart Is Broken 
                       C 
Before I Go To Meet My Doom 
 
    C                         G7 
The Rose She Took It From The Garden 
                                      C    (C - G7) 
Where Together We Once Walked Side By Side 
       C                      G7 
And To Tell Me That I Hold No Pardon 
                           C      C 
That She Could Never Be My Bride 
 
Inst. Break: G7 - G7 - C - C 
 
    C                          G7 
The Judge Would Not Believe My Story 
                          C    (C - G7) 
The Jury Said I'd Have To Pay 
    C                       G7 
But To The Rose In All It's Glory 
                             C 
Not Guilty Is All That I Can Say 
 
   C                    G7 
To-morrow As The Day Is Dawning 
                         C    (C - G7) 
I'll Meet My Maker In Re-pose 
    C                        G7 
But When They Find Me In The Morning 
                              C   F   C   (C - G7 - C - Stop) 
At My Heart They'll Find This Rose