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