One Dozen Roses

by Jim Reeves, Harry James · posted by WaltP

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

ONE DOZEN ROSES
W: Roger Lewis & “Country” Joe Washburn
M: Dick Jurgens & Walter Donovan
Harry James, Jim Reeves, Glenn Miller Orch.
Key: F


5    -5 -6  -6  -6 -5  5
Give me one doz-en ros-es
-5  -6   -7  7  -7  7    -6
Put my heart in be-side them
7    -7    8  -7  8   5 -5  -7 
And send them to the one I love

5      -5  -6  -6 -6  -5    5
She'll be glad to re-ceive them
-5 -6  -7    7    -7   7    -6
And I know she'll be-lieve them
7       -7    8     -7   8    5   -5  -6
That's some-thing we've been talk-ing of

-6     7  -7 -7* -7  -7*   -7  -7* -9
There may be or-ange blos-soms lat-er
8   -7*   -7    8   -7    8
Kind of think that there will
-5      -6     6    -6   6   -6 -7
‘Cause she's done some-thing to me
7   -6   6    -6    -6*   7
And my heart won't keep still

5    -5 -6  -6  -6 -5  5
Give me one doz-en ros-es
-5  -6   -7  7  -7   7   -6
Put my heart in be-side them
7    -7   8   -7  8   5 -7  -6
And send them to the one I love

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound