A                     D
I was taken with a younger thing
A                     E
Known to me as Rosie Shy
A                  D
She had bells of brass to ring-a-ding
A                           E
And danced to please your eyes
D                      A
It seems like lovely Rosie Shy
       D              A
She shrank from my caress
    D                    A
I think I'm dying from Rosie Shy
           D                 A
Cause my heart can't get no rest
        D                  A
No my heart can't get no rest
        D
And I can't find grace
          E         A
In the human face today.


A                   D
Reborn with a baby ear
      A                 E
I'm singing with Rosie Shy
     A         D
Far away she looks so real
         A                 E
But up close she looks so high
          D           A
I had a dream about Rosie Shy
     D                 A
And my dream did come true
            D              A
And every step away from Rosie Shy
             D              A
That's a terrible thing to do
      D              A
A terrible thing to do
        D
And I can't find grace
         E          A
In the human face today.

A                          D
Sunny breakfast, in the Winter time
A                  E
Coffee with Rosie Shy
A                      D
To play or not was on her mind
         A               E
But to love was in her eyes
      D                A
And where was I with Rosie Shy
            D         A
And was I ever on her mind
    D                    A
And if I can't have my Rosie Shy
            D               A
Then I'd choose to remain blind
            D               A
Yes, I'd choose to remain blind
       D      
And refuse to find grace
         E          A
In the human face today.


 A                        D
Is there such a thing as all the time
  A                    E
Even when it's Rosie Shy?
      A                 D
And even lyrics that cannot rhyme
       A        E
They often do apply
   D                    A
I wish the visions of Rosie Shy
        D                  A
Would come back like my dreams
        D               A
Well, maybe they just signify
     D               A
A talking, nothing thing
     D               A
A talking, nothing thing
       D  
And I can't find grace
         E          A
In the human face today.