Give My Love to Rose - chords, tab and comments
This song is recorded with both Columbia Records (later CBS then Sony) and Sun Records. The same way. A melody line, very simple, as usual performed by Luther Perkins. A very simple vocal on top and Marshall Grant playing bass. This song is so straight forward "Cash-beat" or "boom-chicka-boom" as possible. Thus I include it in my collection. A note upon that style I've left HERE.
It was one of the first songs I was able to play ... in the mid-sixties, getting familiar with various kind of music, and for the first time in my life touched some strings by will. We had a violin, and I was enforced to play it, but refused. The instrument later showed up to be a Stradivarius Cremonensis, and got off my hand in a burglary. I hope it didn't end up with a barn fiddler.
I got comfortable with this song, and still play it quite often. I then give my love to not only Rose, but Johnny, Luther, Marshall ... and Samuel Phillips and Jack Clements at the Sun Memphis Studio; genuine founders of this rare country music style: let it sound just as is.
G D7 G I found him by the railroad track this morning G D7 G G7 I could see that he was nearly dead C G I knelt down beside him and I listened Am A7 D7 just to hear the words the dying fellow said G D7 G he said "they let me out of prison out in Frisco G D7 G G7 for ten long years I paid for what I'd done C G I was trying to get back to Louisiana D D7 G G7 to see my Rose and get to know my son C G give my love to Rose please won't you mister? D D7 G G7 take her all my money * tell her buy some pretty clothes C G tell my boy that daddy's so proud of him Am D7 G and don't forget to give my love to Rose
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