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Ilsey – Yellow Roses Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are Yellow Roses chords by Ilsey on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
C Am Am7

[Chorus]
C
You brought me yellow roses,
C
I wanted red,
C
I want your warmth
and closeness,
C
I’m not your friend.

[Verse 1]
       Am
Oh and some other love,
Am Asus2 Am
           C
She is the fortunate one,
                Em
You’ll give her all that I want,
             F        G
And I’ll get nothing, nothing.

[Verse 2]
    Am                G  Am
But dreams in the night,
             C
Flowers that wither
        Csus4 C
and die,
          Em            Am Em
Chasing impossible skies,
     F        G
Into nothing, nothing.

[Chorus]
               C  G/B  F F
You brought me yellow  roses,
F G      C   Csus4 C
I wanted red,
            C      G/B
I want your warmth and
  F    F   G F
 closeness,
    G        C   Csus4 C
I'm not your friend,
     C     G/B  Am
Baby all I ever wanted,
      Am        G/B
Was a love that wasn’t
 C    Csus4 C
 there,
               C  G/B F     G
You brought me yellow roses,
     C
I wanted red.

[Verse 3]
       Am               G Am
Oh, in some other faith,
     G/B       C
I’ve been here praying
for days,
But you still ain't
 Em
 showing your face,
      F        G
I see nothing, nothing.

[Bridge]
Dm              Em
Oooooo, I won’t wait it,
I won’t wait it, I won’t
  F                G
wait it out for you,
Dm             Em
Oooooo, do you wonder,
                       F
 do you wonder, do you wonder
             G
 could it be true?

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[Chorus]
               C  G/B  F
You brought me yellow  roses,
F G      C   Csus4 C
I wanted red,
            C      G/B
I want your warmth and
 F    F   G F
closeness,
F   G        Am      G Am
I'm not your friend,
     C   G/B    Em
Baby all I ever wanted,
                       Dm
Was a love that wasn’t there,
               Dm Em
You brought me yellow
 F      G
roses,
G        C
I wanted red.

[Outro]
C        G        Am
I, I, I, I, I, I, I I I I,
             Em
I, I, I, I I I I,
     F   G
I wanted,
     C
I wanted red.

How to play Yellow Roses: key, chords and progression

Yellow Roses by Ilsey is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 10 chords: C, Am, Am7, Asus2, Em, F, G, Csus4, G/B and Dm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – G/B – F – G (I – V – IV – V in C major). In solfa, that is doh – soh – fah – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: F and Csus4 are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.