The Briar and the Rose

Appears on Black Rider

Version 1 | Version 2 | Lyrics

Version 1

  F      Gm    C           F
I fell asleep down by the stream
     F          Gm               C7       F
And there I had the strangest dream
    Bb               am               A7        Dm7
And down by Brennanīs glenn there grows
   Bb   C7   Fsus F9 F
A briar and a rose

dm                           C
Thereīs a tree in the forest
Bb                           F/a
But i donīt know where
   Bb      F          gm   C7
I built a nest out of your hair
     F                 C     F       Bb
And climbing up into the air
  Bb9    C7    F
A briar and a rose

Version 2

F         Gm   C7           F 
I fell asleep down by the stream 
            Gm C              F 
And there I had the strangest dream 
Bb        F/A       A/C#        Dm 
Down by Brennan's Glenn there grows 
Gm7       C11   F 
A briar and a rose 
			
Dm                       C 
There's a tree in the forest 
Bb                 F/A 
But I don't know where 
Bb          F        Gm      C 
I built a nest out of your hair 
F              C    F      Bb 
And climbing up into the air 
F/C       C7    F 
A briar and a rose 
			
G              Am      D7      G 
I don't know how long it has been 
G           Am  D7            G 
But I was born in Brennan's Glenn 
C              G/B    B/D#         Em 
And near the end of spring there grows 
Am7       D11   G 
A briar and a rose 
			
Em             D   C          G/B 
I picked the rose one early morn' 
C              G      Am   D7 
I pricked my finger on a thorn 
G                 D7 
They'd grown so close 
      G       C 
their winding wove 
G/D         D7      G 
The briar and the rose 
			
G            Am       D7     G 
I tried to tear them both apart 
G          Am    D7     G 
I felt a bullet in my heart 
C                 G/B   B/D#         Em
And all dressed up in spring's new clothes 
Am7         D11     G 
The briar and the rose 
			
Em             D     C      G 
And when I'm buried in my grave 
C            G      Am7      D7 
Tell me so I will know 
     G          D
Your tears will fall 
   G         C 
To make love grow 
G           D7      G 
The briar and the rose 
			
Em             D     C      G 
And when I'm buried in my grave 
C            G      Am7    D7 
Tell me so I will know 
     G          D
Your tears will fall 
   G         C 
To make them grow 
G           D7      G 
The briar and the rose 
			
     G          D
Your tears will fall 
   G         C 
To make them grow 
G           D7      G 
The briar and the rose 

Lyrics

I fell asleep down by the stream
And there I had the strangest dream
And down by Brennan's Glenn there grows
A briar and a rose

There's a tree in the forest
But I don't know where
I built a nest out of your hair
And climbing up into the air
A briar and a rose

I don't know how long it has been
But I was born in Brennan's Glenn
And near the end of spring there grows
A briar and a rose

Picked the rose one early morn
I pricked my finger on a thorn
It had grown so high
It's winding wove the briar around the rose

I tried to tear them both apart
I felt a bullet in my heart
And all dressed up in springs and clothes
The briar and the rose

And when I'm buried in my grave
Tell me so I will know
Your tears will fall
To make love grow
The briar and the rose