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G A D
[Verse 1]
D
I was traveling through the country
Gm
A golden sunset at my back
G
And when nighttime overtook me
A D
I found a place to hang my hat
[Chorus 1]
A D
So I walked in through the front door
G
The smell of cigarettes and paint
A
That's when I first set my eyes on
D
The yellow rose of Santa Fe
[Verse 2]
G
She was dancing with no music
A D
She was floating in the air
G
And all the while that precious flower
A
Stayed between her strands of hair
F#m D
I asked if she'd ever been lonely
A G
She said I've never been at all
A
So she took me worn and weary
G D
And led me drifting down the hall
A D
She read me like the front page
G
And she loved me like a storm
A
Though she fixed me with her cold gaze
G D
I've never seen a smile so warm
[Chorus 2]
G
In the morning she was nowhere
A D
As the moon is in the day
G
The only souvenir she left me
D A D
The yellow rose of Santa Fe
G A D
G A Bm
G A D
[Verse 3]
D
Now I moved on and I got married
G
Had three children with my wife
A
There's not a single day that passes
D
That I'm not happy with my life
[Chorus 3]
D
But I'm still walking with my shoes off
A G
I don't think about her every day
A
But I still carry it with me
D
The yellow rose of Santa Fe
D G
I was traveling through the country
A D
The golden sunset in a haze
G
And I can see it in the red sky
Am D
The yellow rose of Santa Fe
G
I can see it in the red sky
A
The yellow rose of Santa Fe
