China roses    (intro) (midi)

 

       D                        Bm           G       - D               A                        G      - A

1. Who can tell me if we have heaven,    who can say the way it should be.

D                                   Bm          G       - D               A                    D     

     Moonlight holly, the Sappho Comet,      angel's tears below a tree.

      D               Bm          G        - D             A                       G      - A

2. You talk of break of morning      as you view the new aurora,

D                                     Bm        G       - D                A                  D

     cloud in crimson, the key of heaven,     one love carved in acajou.

 

+  Bm – F#m – A – D - Bm – G – A  (2x)

 

      D                       Bm     G    - D               A                              G          - A    

3. One told me of China Roses,    one a Thousand Nights And One Night,

D                                       Bm      G        - D              A                D

    earth's last picture, the end of evening,     hue of indigo and blue.

 

(Original moves up half a note here)  +  A – D - A

 

          D       A     Bm    C   G     D     G    D                  G  A

     A new moon leads me to woods of dreams and I foll..ow.

          D      A      Bm   C   G    D     Bm     E - A     D

     A new world waits for me, my dream, m….y  way.

          D                Bm    G       - D               A                  G    - A

4. I know that if I have heaven,    there is nothing to desire.

D                               Bm         G        - D               A               h – G -

     Rain and river, a world of wonder,     may be paradise to me.

 

+  D – A – G      D – A – G     D - A – G …..

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Enya)