Intro : E    B    A    E    B

 
E
Goodbye England's rose
             A
May you ever grow in our hearts
                        E
You were the grace that placed itself
                       A
Where lives were torn apart
                      E
You called out to our country
                  A
And you whispered to those in pain
                  E
Now you belong to heaven
                             A
And the stars spell out your name
 

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       B
And it seems to me you lived your live
       E                   A
Like a candle in the wind
      E
Never fading with the sunset
         B
When the rain set in
         A
And your footsteps will always fall here
      E
Along England's greenest hills
                        B
Your candles burned out long before
     A
Your legend ever will

E   B   A   E   B
 
 

Couplet 2

E
Loveliness we've lost
                 A
These empty days without your smile
                        E
This torch we'll always carry
                        A
For our nation's golden child
                   E
And even though we try
    A
The truth brings us to tears
                 E
All our words cannot express
                                   A
The joy you brought us through the years
 
 

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Couplet 3

E
Goodbye England's rose
             A
May you ever grow in our hearts
                        E
You were the grace that placed itself
                       A
Where lives were torn apart
E
Goodbye England's rose
                    A
From a country lost without your soul
                                 E
Who'll miss the wings of your compassion
                      A
More than you'll ever know
 
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