VERSE 1:
	A                        D          A
	THEY SENT HIM TO ASIA TO FIGHT IN A WAR
	D              A              E
	HE CAME BACK HOME CRAZY AND THEY ASKED HIM WHAT FOR
	A                        D          A
	THEY HAD HIM COMMITTED OH MEDALS AND ALL
	D         A     E           A
	TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL WITH RUBBER WALLS
	VERSE 2:
	A                                 D          A
	THEY CUT OFF THE FUNDING OH THEY CUT OF THE LIGHTS
	D              A            E
	HE HIT THE STREET RUNNING THAT COLD WINTER NIGHT
	A                                   D           A
	NOW THE STREETS ARE THE ONLY PLACE HE CAN CALL HOME
	D           A          E          A
	HE SEEMS OH SO LONELY BUT HE'S NEVER ALONE
	CHORUS:
	A             C#m         D          A
	HE LIES THERE HOLDING HIS WILD IRISH ROSE
	D         A           E
	THIS CRAZY OLD FOOL IN THE SMELLY OLD CLOTHES
	A                 C#m            D            A
	HE COULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING MUCH BETTER,  GOD KNOWS
	A          D         E          A
	THAN A HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF WILD IRISH ROSE
	VERSE 3:
	A                         D             A
	A BABY NAMED SCARLET WITH LAUGHING BLUE EYES
	D                 A        E              A
	HAS BEEN IN HIS WALLET OH WAY BACK SINCE '65
	D           A
	SO MUCH WAS FORGOTTEN OH SO FAR BACK IN TIME
	D           A           E        A
	WAY DOWN IN THE BOTTOM OF A RIVER OF WINE
	SPOKEN:
	D         A
	YOU KNOW THEY FOUND HIM ON PARK STREET, WEST 25TH
	D                     A                   E
	THEY CANT EVEN FIND A HEART BEAT LORD HIS FINGERS ARE STIFF
	A                               D           A
	JUST LIKE THEIR ALL FROZEN HE'S HOLDING HER TIGHT
	D            A              E          A
	BUT THE HABIT OH ITS BROKEN THIS IS ROSES LAST NIGHT
	CHORUS 2
	A             C#m         D          A
	HE LIES THERE HOLDING HIS WILD IRISH ROSE
	D           A             E
	BUT HIS SOUL'S IN A PLACE WHERE A REAL HERO GOES
	A             C#m          D           A
	NOW HES GOT SOMETHING BETTER, MUCH BETTER, GOD KNOWS
	No Chords
	THAN A HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF WILD IRISH ROSE
	Outro
	A, C#m, D, A, D, A, E (x2)