Recorded by John Prine on the album Storm Windows 1980
G D C
Rain came down on the tin roof hardly a sound was left
D C D G D
from the birthday the kitchen light fell asleep on the bedroom floor
G D C D
Me and her were talking softer than all the time before I lost her
C D G
her picture sat on top of the chest-of-drawers
C D G C G D Db
CHORUS: ONE RED ROSE IN THE BIBLE PRESSED BETWEEN THE HOLY ALPHABET
C D G C
PROBABLY WOULDN'T BELIEVE YOU IF YOU TOLD ME BUT WHAT I NEVER KNEW
D G C
I NEVER WILL FORGET
G D C D
Rainy nights get dark real early her dress was soft and her hair was curly
C D G D G D
we danced around the table to the old banjo rainy nights were made for lovers
C D C D G
we lay there still beneath the covers and I ain't never felt like that before
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: verse chords
REPEAT CHORUS ONCE MORE:
For the D Db C in the Chorus I alternate by using a D chord then the Db sliding the
same formation down 1 fret twords the nut then the C chord.
The second time I use a walk down by strumming the D chord then hit the d string (4th string)
open then 5th string 4th fret the form the C chord and hit the 5th string 3rd fret not before
playing the chord.
Going from the Verse to Chorus I use a standard walk from the G chord to the C chord
ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.