Verse
C#
Whatever happened to the end of the trail?
F#
The gold strike, the gold spike, the want of a nail
G#
And every brass rail my thirst ever rode
F# C#
And whatever happened to Rose?
C#
And whatever happened to that panhandle town?
F#
And where blew the ashes when the whole thing burned down?
G#
Is there some valley my soul can repose?
F# C#
And whatever happened to Rose?
[Chorus]
F#
She wouldn't have left me, she wasn't the type
C# G#
To do wrong to a heart that had loved her so strong
C#
You have to know she wouldn't go
F#
No, not without telling me why
F# C#
Searched every churchyard and honky tonk place
G#7
For a name on a stone or a face
C#
Or maybe just one last goodbye
F# G# F# C# (x2)
[Verse 2]
C#
Sometimes along the trail side I'll find
F#
A# poor unmarked grave and I lay down beside
G#
And tell Rose I love her, then tell her goodbye
F# C#
And lay down, sleep there 'til the morning
F# G# F# C#
[Outro]
F# C#
And whatever happened to Rose?
F# C#
And whatever happened to Rose?
F# C#
And whatever happened to Rose?