Verse
A#
Whatever happened to the end of the trail?
D#
The gold strike, the gold spike, the want of a nail
F
And every brass rail my thirst ever rode
D# A#
And whatever happened to Rose?
A#
And whatever happened to that panhandle town?
D#
And where blew the ashes when the whole thing burned down?
F
Is there some valley my soul can repose?
D# A#
And whatever happened to Rose?
[Chorus]
D#
She wouldn't have left me, she wasn't the type
A# F
To do wrong to a heart that had loved her so strong
A#
You have to know she wouldn't go
D#
No, not without telling me why
D# A#
Searched every churchyard and honky tonk place
F7
For a name on a stone or a face
A#
Or maybe just one last goodbye
D# F D# A# (x2)
[Verse 2]
A#
Sometimes along the trail side I'll find
D#
G poor unmarked grave and I lay down beside
F
And tell Rose I love her, then tell her goodbye
D# A#
And lay down, sleep there 'til the morning
D# F D# A#
[Outro]
D# A#
And whatever happened to Rose?
D# A#
And whatever happened to Rose?
D# A#
And whatever happened to Rose?