E                              A             E
    'Neath the shadow, down the meadow, leaves lying on each side,
            E                              B7             E
    by the river, flowers shiver, fading, dying in their pride.
               E                               A                E
    Someone straying, long delaying, stands a-parting down the lane,
            E                                     B7          E
    I must leave you, someone's saying, till the roses come again.

         E                           A           E
When the roses come again, when the roses come again,
         E                                   B7          E
I will meet you, I will greet you, when the roses come again.
      E          B7         E
Oh-la-lay-ee, ah-le-hee, ah-le-hee.

( E A E E B7 E )

          E                          A             E
    As I wander, I will ponder on a happy bye and bye,
          E                       B7           E
    on a summer over yonder with joy to you and I.
            E                             A                E
    Do not borrow grief or sorrow in the hours that yet remain,
               E                           B7           E
    we shall know a glad tomorrow when the roses come again.

         E                           A           E
When the roses come again, when the roses come again,
         E                                   B7          E
I will meet you, I will greet you, when the roses come again.
      E          B7         E
Oh-la-lay-ee, ah-le-hee, ah-le-hee.

( E A E E B7 E )

         E                        A            E
    Sunshine over clover blossom on the meadow wide,
               E                           B7            E
    summer's fingers sweetly linger everywhere on every side.
               E                               A                  E
    Someone's roaming in the gloaming, happy hearts that feel no pain,
               E                                  B7           E
    all their sadness turned to gladness, now the roses come again.

         E                           A           E
When the roses come again, when the roses come again,
         E                                   B7          E
I will meet you, I will greet you, when the roses come again.
      E          B7         E
Oh-la-lay-ee, ah-le-hee, ah-le-hee.