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Dori Freeman – Ten Thousand Roses Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsG Bm C D

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[Intro]
G G Bm C  G G Bm D x2

[Verse 1]
G                    Bm     C
Held by the hands of many a man
G                    
Some of them weak as 
    Bm      D
the morning light
G                   
Others like hammers 
     Bm         C
just driving me down
G                    
None of them held me 
     Bm   D
with your might

[Chorus]
G                         Bm D
Tell me your love's like a fire
G            Bm  C
10,000 roses ablaze
G                   
Tell me your love's 
       Bm  D
like a canyon
G                 Bm  C   
Echoing back everyday     
G
ay ay ay ay
C       G           D
Owohoho oh oh oh oh

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[Verse 2]
   G                  
If you really want me 
     Bm          C
then show me you do
G                
I ain't about to 
   Bm        D
be waiting around
G                         
In twenty-nine years I've 
 Bm                 C
learned on thing is true
G                      
It's no life at all to 
   Bm         D
be somebody's clown

[Chorus]
G                   
Tell me your love's 
      Bm D
like a fire
G            Bm  C
10,000 roses ablaze
G                   
Tell me your love's 
       Bm  D
like a canyon
G                 Bm  C   
Echoing back everyday     
G
ay ay ay ay
C       G           D
Owohoho oh oh oh oh

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[Verse 3]
G                  
If you can give me 
  Bm         C
a wildflower field
G                  Bm      D
Not a carnation in cellophane
G                  
Leave a pink daisy 
   Bm        C
by my window sill
G                      
Stand by the glass and 
Bm                  D
I'll spell out your name

[Chorus]
G                   
Tell me your love's 
      Bm D
like a fire
G             Bm  C
10,000 roses ablaze
G                   
Tell me your love's 
       Bm  D
like a canyon
G                 Bm  C   
Echoing back everyday     
G
ay ay ay ay
C       G           D  
Owohoho oh oh oh oh ah 
          G
ah ah ha aaaaaaa

How to play Ten Thousand Roses: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Ten Thousand Roses by Dori Freeman on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Ten Thousand Roses by Dori Freeman keeps coming home to G major (one sharp: F♯). You need 4 chords: G, Bm, C and D.

Listen for G – Bm – C – G (I – iii – IV – I in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is doh – mi – fah – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: Bm is the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele it is simpler.