Chords
Rose Of San Joaquin

Key: G

Introduction:

         G                                             Bm               C                                                     G 
Farewell to the lights of Madera, I'm leaving with the wind at my back
 G                                                         Bm                 C                                                 G 
Tell all of my friends in Dos Palos, I'm gone but I'll be circling back
 G                                                             Em 
Now I'm crossing the Chowchilia River
               G                                         Em 
By the light of a ragged moonbeam
                     C               Cm                         G         Em 
Lord I'll miss the Rose of San Joaquin
 Em                       G                                     Bm                     C                     G 
I'll miss the sun on the Sierra Nevadas, adobe moon on the rise
 G                                                   Bm                           C                                         G 
Shining down on my love in Madera, shining into her dark Spanish eyes
 G                                                           Em 
Oh she taught me those Mexican love songs
 G                                           Em 
"Volver, Volver" in my dreams
             C               Cm                   G 
And I miss the Rose of San Joaquin
 G                                     Em 
Caught somewhere between
         C                       Cm                         G         Em 
The road and the Rose of San Joaquin
 Em         G                                           Bm                         C                                           G 
Oh her black hair fell on the blanket in the tall grass we with the dew
 G                                                                       Bm 
Making love through the night by the river
                   C                                                   G 
Oh Magdalene how my heart cries for you
 G                                               Em 
Alone on this highway of darkness
 G                                             Em 
You are the light of my dreams
             C               Cm                         G 
And I miss the Rose of San Joaquin
 G                                     Em 
Caught somewhere between
         C                       Cm                         G         Em 
The road and the Rose of San Joaquin