Rosey Shy
Jesse Winchester / Jesse Winchester 1971

Thanks to Otto!!!



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e  d   c   | b  a   g
c  a   g     g  e   d

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I was taken with a younger thing
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Known to me as Rosey Shy
C                F
She had bells of brass to ring-a-ding
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And danced to please your eyes
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   It seems like lovely Rosey Shy
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She shrank from my caress
Bb          F    |C
I think I'm dying Rosey Shy
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Cause my heart can't get no rest
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No my heart can't get no rest
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And I can't find grace
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In the human face today.

Reborn with a baby ear  I'm singing with Rosey Shy
Far away she looks so real  But up close she looks so high
I had a dream about Rosey Shy  And my dream did come true
And every step away from Rosey Shy
That's a terrible thing to do
A terrible thing to do
And I can't find grace
In the human face today.

Sunny breakfast, in the Winter time Coffee with Rosey Shy
To play or not was on her mind  But to love was in her eyes
And where was I with Rosey Shy   And was I ever on her mind
And if I can't have my Rosey Shy
Then I'd choose to remain blind
Yes, I'd choose to remain blind
And refuse to find grace
In the human face today.

Is there such a thing as all the time  Even when it's Rosey Shy?
And even lyrics that cannot rhyme  They often do apply
I wish the visions of Rosey Shy  Would come back like my dreams
Well, maybe they just signify
A talking, nothing thing
A talking, nothing thing
And I can't find grace
In the human face today.