The Kinks

Rosie Wont you please come home





Am   G         D7          G     C    F          C            E7
Rosy won't you please come home? Mama don't know where you've been. 
Am   G         D7          G     C           F                  E7
Rosy won't you please come home? Your room's clean and no one's in it. 
Am
Oh my Rosy, how I miss you, You are the world to me
                E7*                        Am      G      F    E7
Take a look and see if you like it, If you like it please come back. 
Am   G         D7          G     C            F          C     E7
Rosy won't you please come home? Since you've joined the upper classes, 
Am        G       D7  G    C        F        C        E7
You don't know us anymore. Live and let your troubles pass. 
Am
Rosy, Rosy, will you write and tell me, If you don't want to come back? 
             E7*                       Am    G    F    E7
I would sacrifice all I have To have a happy home once more. 
Am   G         D7          G     C        F          C       E7
Rosy won't you please come home? Two long years have passed away. 
Am        G        D7          G     C         F      C         E7
Since you tried to change your life, Christmas wasn't quite the same. 
Am                 
Rosy, Rosy, got any answers? You are miles across the sea, 
                E7*                         Am     G     F     E7
And I'll bake a cake if you tell me You are on the first plane home. 
Am   G         D7          G     C    F          C            E7
Rosy won't you please come home? Mama don't know where you've been.
Am   G         D7          G     C           F         C        E7
Rosy won't you please come home? Your room's clean and no one's in it. 
Am
Oh my Rosy, how I miss you, You are all the world to me.
                E7*                        Am      G      F    E7
Take a look and see if you like it, If you like it please come back. 
   Am  G  F        E7          Am  G  F   E7
Oh Rosy,  will you please come back?....................


* Although the voice is singing a G, the guitar should be playing a G# which
  is part of the E7 chord. This is what gives it a bluesy feel, the voice singing
  the minor third while the guitar strums the major