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G                          C 
Don't mention Rings Around Rosie 
G                         D 
She won't play that game again 
G                         C 
It's gonna take more than posies 
    G        D         G 
For Rosie to trust any man. 

G              C 
Rosie tends to judge all men 
D                    G 
By what one fool has done 
                     C 
She's payin? for her big mistake 
    D                   G 
She says that games? no fun. 


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G            C 
I know Rosie loves me  
         D               G 
And I'll ask her for her hand 
               C 
But not today, she?d run away 
D                       G 
Her heart needs time to mend. 

G              C 
She'll be mine given time 
     D                     G 
If I jump the gun we?ll be through 
                      C 
I love that girl with all my heart 
D                     G 
That's why I'm askin? you. 


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         G                  C 
When the time is right I?ll ask her 
         D          G 
She gave up on matrimony 
                  C 
She needs time to find out 
D             G 
My love isn?t phoney. 

G                             C 
You say you're just tryin? to help me 

    D                        G 
You say you don't mean to be nosey 
                              C 
If what you say is true, then I'm beggin? you   
D                          G 
Don't mention Rings Around Rosie. 

G                             C 
If what you say is true, then I'm beggin? you 
      D                       G 
Don't mention no Rings Around Rosie.