Capo: 9th fret
[Verse]
C Csus2
Oh now Rosie
C Csus2
You come home in the morning
Am7
You’ve got a child on your knee
F C
And your mother she looks on
[Verse]
C Csus2
She says I don’t know that baby
C Csus2
I don’t know you, why’d you fail me
Am7 F
You left home seven years ago
C
And I wore black for days
(bassline walks down C-B-A into chorus)
[Chorus]
Am7
Prodigal daughter
C D Am7 D
Returns like a lamb to the slaughter
D Am7
I know forgiveness won’t come easy
Am7
Not for you
D Am7
Look at the child upon my knee
Am7
She has eyes of blue
(with same picking pattern as throughout)
e|———————————-|
B|-1—–1——–1——-1——-0-|
G|-2—–0——–0——-0——-0-|
D|-3—–2——–0——-0——-0-|
A|————————3——-2-|
C|———————————-|
Fmaj7 Am7 Csus4 Csus2 Em7
She resembles me resembling you
[Verse]
C Csus2
Mama listen
C Csus2
Come into the kitchen
Am7 F
Pour me some tea, let me sit at your feet
C
Let me cry
[Verse]
C Csus2
I need a little money
C Csus2
I need love and I need Sunday
Am7 F
suppers here at home Don’t want to be alone
C
Let me stay
[Chorus]
Am7
Prodigal daughter
C D Am7
Returns like a lamb to the slaughter
D D Am7 D
She yearns for the things that you taught her
D Am7
I know forgiveness won’t come easy
Am7 D
Not for me
D Am7
But I try to shut the past behind us
Am7
Throw out the key
(with same picking pattern as throughout)
e|————————————–|
B|-1——1———1——–1——–0-|
G|-2——0———0——–0——–0-|
D|-3——2———0——–0——–0-|
A|—————————3——–2-|
C|————————————–|
Fmaj7 Am7 Csus4 Csus2 Em7
Give me one more chance to make you see
[Chorus]
Am7
Prodigal daughter
C D Am7
Returns like a lamb to the slaughter
D Am7
Looking for something in the water
Am7
To wash away the
[Outro]
Repeat
e|—————————–|
B|-3—–1——–1——–3—|
G|-2—–0——–0——–2—|
D|-0—–2——–0——–0—|
A|-0————–3——–0—|
C|——-0——–2————|
D C Csus2/D D
pain.
C Csus2/D D C
She’s drowning in the pain
Csus2/D D C Csus2/D D
To wash away the pain
Csus2/D D C
She’s drowning in the pain
Csus2/D D C Csus2/D D
To wash away the pain
Csus2/D D C
She’s drowning in the pain
Csus2/D D C Csus2/D D C
Wash away
Csus2/D D
Wash away
Capo: 9th fret
[Verse]
C Csus2
Oh now Rosie
C Csus2
You come home in the morning
Am7
You’ve got a child on your knee
F C
And your mother she looks on
[Verse]
C Csus2
She says I don’t know that baby
C Csus2
I don’t know you, why’d you fail me
Am7 F
You left home seven years ago
C
And I wore black for days
(bassline walks down C-B-A into chorus)
[Chorus]
Am7
Prodigal daughter
C D Am7 D
Returns like a lamb to the slaughter
D Am7
I know forgiveness won’t come easy
Am7
Not for you
D Am7
Look at the child upon my knee
Am7
She has eyes of blue
(with same picking pattern as throughout)
e|———————————-|
B|-1—–1——–1——-1——-0-|
G|-2—–0——–0——-0——-0-|
D|-3—–2——–0——-0——-0-|
A|————————3——-2-|
C|———————————-|
Fmaj7 Am7 Csus4 Csus2 Em7
She resembles me resembling you
[Verse]
C Csus2
Mama listen
C Csus2
Come into the kitchen
Am7 F
Pour me some tea, let me sit at your feet
C
Let me cry
[Verse]
C Csus2
I need a little money
C Csus2
I need love and I need Sunday
Am7 F
suppers here at home Don’t want to be alone
C
Let me stay
[Chorus]
Am7
Prodigal daughter
C D Am7
Returns like a lamb to the slaughter
D D Am7 D
She yearns for the things that you taught her
D Am7
I know forgiveness won’t come easy
Am7 D
Not for me
D Am7
But I try to shut the past behind us
Am7
Throw out the key
(with same picking pattern as throughout)
e|————————————–|
B|-1——1———1——–1——–0-|
G|-2——0———0——–0——–0-|
D|-3——2———0——–0——–0-|
A|—————————3——–2-|
C|————————————–|
Fmaj7 Am7 Csus4 Csus2 Em7
Give me one more chance to make you see
[Chorus]
Am7
Prodigal daughter
C D Am7
Returns like a lamb to the slaughter
D Am7
Looking for something in the water
Am7
To wash away the
[Outro]
Repeat
e|—————————–|
B|-3—–1——–1——–3—|
G|-2—–0——–0——–2—|
D|-0—–2——–0——–0—|
A|-0————–3——–0—|
C|——-0——–2————|
D C Csus2/D D
pain.
C Csus2/D D C
She’s drowning in the pain
Csus2/D D C Csus2/D D
To wash away the pain
Csus2/D D C
She’s drowning in the pain
Csus2/D D C Csus2/D D
To wash away the pain
Csus2/D D C
She’s drowning in the pain
Csus2/D D C Csus2/D D C
Wash away
Csus2/D D
Wash away
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