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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                         Bm   D
None of them held me with your might

[Chorus]
G                         Bm D
Tell me your love's like a fire
G            Bm  C
10,000 roses ablaze
G                          Bm  D
Tell me your love's like a canyon
G                 Bm  C G
Echoing back everyday   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                   Bm        D
I ain't about to 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                         Bm D
Tell me your love's like a fire
G            Bm  C
10,000 roses ablaze
G                          Bm  D
Tell me your love's like a canyon
G                 Bm  C G
Echoing back everyday   ay ay ay ay
C       G           D
Owohoho oh oh oh oh

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

[Chorus]
G                         Bm D
Tell me your love's like a fire
G             Bm  C
10,000 roses ablaze
G                          Bm  D
Tell me your love's like a canyon
G                 Bm  C  G
Echoing back everyday    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 is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 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.