A Poor Man’s Roses (Or a Rich Man’s Gold)
Patsy Cline
(Key of A)
A c# mi  E    A c# mi  E
                                A                                                  A
I must make up my mind today what to have, what to hold
           D           E           D               A
A poor man’s roses or a rich man’s gold
                                  A  
One’s as wealthy as a king in a palace, though he’s calloused and cold
                                      E                                                           A
He may learn to give his heart for love instead of buying it with gold

                                       D     E                                  A
And then the poor man’s roses, or the thrill when we kiss
            f # mi            f mi             D             E
Will be memories of paradise that I’ll never miss
                                                  A
And yet the hand that brings the rose tonight, is the hand I will hold
                                           E             D                  E                      A
For the rose of love means more to me, more than any rich man’s gold

                                    D   E                                  A
And in the poor man’s roses or the thrill when we kiss
            f # mi             f mi             D              E
Will be memories of paradise that I’ll never miss

                                                   A
And yet the hand that brings the rose tonight, is the hand I will hold
                                          E             D                E                 A
For the rose of love means more to me, than any rich man’s gold