Emmylou Harris Like An Old Fashioned Waltz written by Sandy Denny Bill Payne piano/synthesizer Jim Horn recorder Brian Ahern bass Eb Ab Eb Roses are red violets are blue Ab Eb Primroses pale on a velvet green hue Fm Cm Warm summer days by cool waterfalls Bb Like music we hear Ab Eb Bb Those things we'll always hold dear Cm Ab Eb Like an old fashioned waltz Eb Ab When the moonlight shines down Eb On the Hollywood world Ab Eb And the heroine waits for her love to return Fm Cm And the violins play from behind garden walls Bb Ab Eb Fm Oh how I'd love to remain with the silver refrain Cm Ab Eb Of an old fashioned waltz SOLO Eb Ab And they dance round the floor Eb And there's no-one else there Ab Eb And the world is no more and there's never a care Fm Cm By the perfect lagoon as the nightingale calls Bb Ab Eb Fm With only the moon and the nostalgic tune Cm Ab Eb Of an old fashioned waltz From Emmylou Harris "White Shoes" Warner Brothers Records 1983 Warlock Music