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English Rose Tab

Send "English Rose" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

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ENGLISH ROSE by THE JAM

Written by Paul Weller
Off the LP 'All Mod Cons' (Polydor, 1978)

Intro:

  Ab/Eb                   Dm7b5
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--------------------------------------------------
--------5--------5--------------5--------5--------
-----6--------6--------6-----6--------6--------6--
--6--------6--------6-----5--------5--------5-----
--------------------------------------------------

  Dbmaj7                             Dm7b5
---------------------------------------------------
--------------------------6--6--6----6--6--6-------
--------5--------5---------------------------------
-----6--------6--------6---------------------------
--4--------4--------4-----4--4--4----5--5--5-------
---------------------------------------------------

  Dm7b5            Ab/Eb
----------------------------------------------------
--6--6--6--6--6-------------------------------------
-------------------------5--------5-----------------
----------------------6--------6--------5-----------
--5--5--5--5--5----6--------6--------6--------------
----------------------------------------------------

Verses 1,2 and 3

  Ab                      Dm7b5       
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----------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------5--------5----------
--------6--------6-----------6--------6--------6----
-----6--------6--------6--5--------5--------5-------
--4--------4--------4-------------------------------

  Dbmaj7                  Ab/Eb
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
--------5--------5--------------6--------6----------
-----6--------6--------6-----6--------6--------6----
--4--------4--------4-----4--------4--------4-------
----------------------------------------------------

  Ab                      Dm7b5
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------5--------5----------
--------6--------6-----------6--------6--------6----
-----6--------6--------6--5--------5--------5-------
--4--------4--------4-------------------------------

  Dbmaj7                           Dm7b5
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------6--6--6--6--6--6--------
--------5--------5----------------------------------
-----6--------6--------6----------------------------
--4--------4--------4-------4--4--4--5--5--5--------
----------------------------------------------------

  Dbmaj7    Ab/Eb
----------------------------------------------------
--6--6--6-------------------------------------------
-------------------5--------5-----------------------
----------------6--------5--------5-----------------
--4--4--4----6--------6--------6--------------------
----------------------------------------------------

Play the verse bit three times and then go up (half a) key
  for the last verse  and the end bit.

  A/E                     Ebm7b5
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----------------------------------------------------
--------6--------6--------------6--------6----------
-----7--------7--------7-----7--------7--------7----
--7--------7--------7-----6--------6--------6-------
----------------------------------------------------

   Dmaj7             Ab/Eb
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
---------6--------6--------6--------6---------------
------7--------7--------7--------7------------------
---5--------5--------7--------7---------------------
----------------------------------------------------
 
  A                       Ebm7b5
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------6--------6----------
--------7--------7-----------7--------7--------7----
-----7--------7--------7--6--------6--------6-------
--5--------5--------5-------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------
  Dmaj7                            Ebm7b5
----------------------------------------------------
--------------------------7--7--7--7--7--7----------
--------6--------6----------------------------------
-----7--------7--------6----------------------------
--5--------5--------5-----5--5--5--6--6--6----------
----------------------------------------------------

  Dmaj7    A/E                     Ebm7b5   
----------------------------------------------------
--7--7--7-------------------------------------------
-----------------6--------6--------------6----------
--------------7--------7--------7-----7-------------
--5--5--5--7--------7--------7-----6----------------
----------------------------------------------------

  Dmaj7                            A/E        A
-----------------------------------------------------
--------------------------7--7--7--------------10----
--------6--------6-----------------------6-----------
-----7--------7--------7--------------7-----7--7-----
--5--------5--------5-----5--5--5--7-----------------
-----------------------------------------------------

And that's it (I think)

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English Rose Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Milford Cubicle Average	#1 by Milford Cubicle at Jan 11, 1975 at 3:15 AM EST
	The English Rose is not a girl. It's England itself. Not the Queen or fake nationalism. More about humour, pubs, green stuff, ways of doing things, music, buzz, us being us. I tried living in America, Holland and Spain. Came home gratefully from all three, much as I liked them. I've been out in the world. It's SO good to be home.

No Picture sY Average	#2 by sYsTem oWnS rOx at Aug 27, 1976 at 4:56 PM EST
	When I was like 11 - 14 years old, I played nothing in my bedroom but Loud Jam records. So much so that my sister brought me an expensive pair of headphones for christmas. a few years later I made my sister a compilation cassette of some of my favourite songs that I thought she would appreciate. She loved English Rose, she was absolutely stunned it was by The Jam. I later caught her borrowing my Style Council records.

No Picture Metal-dog Average	#3 by Metal-dog ( Ben Matthews ) at Nov 8, 1978 at 1:26 AM EST
	Forty year old...Londoners...we love this. " no bonds will ever keep me from she.."

No Picture Alex Lead Player	#4 by Alex at Apr 5, 1981 at 7:56 PM EST
	Marvelous song from The Jam, not about a person, or a place, so much as that feeling you get when you're not in England. A good load of people who live there say they hate England, but at heart they know where their home is, and they'll never be able to live anywhere else. Other than that... well, it's SongMeanings, so: err i think its about a guy whos broken up with his girlfriend and hes like upset... and so on

No Picture Dudey Average	#5 by Dudey at Apr 26, 1990 at 6:26 PM EST
	This song sums up being English. No matter where any of us go, we will come back to our English Rose, be it a girlfriend, boyfriend, family or whatever. One of my all time faves this.

No Picture Jason Rhythm Player	#6 by Jason ...... at Oct 7, 1997 at 2:08 AM EST
	I met paul weller in a pub in 1992 and he told me that it was a literal song. And despite his hard man image he was and is a big fan of the decoritive bloom known in the northern hemisphere as the rose. And I for one believe him

No Picture Cam Wanna Be	#7 by Cam Reck at Apr 1, 2005 at 2:52 PM EST
	I love the way this is so different from most Jam songs, in terms of tempo and quality this is up there with carnation and fly as some of wellers most beutiful songs. If this is the new direction that weller had taken in 1981-1982 I would have had few complaints. 1

No Picture Steve Wanna Be	#8 by Steve at Oct 14, 2006 at 6:42 AM EST
	I love to play this to those who think they know Paul Weller's type of music from what they've heard on the radio. When they hear this they're amazed it's by him. The lyrics were also used in a play on TV about a year or two ago. Can't remember what it was called, but the female character read them out to a small audience in a field. When I told my (then) girlfriend that Paul Weller wrote those words, she thought I was joking.