Recorded by John Prine on the album Storm Windows 1980 
 
G5                     D5                   C5       
Rain came down on the tin roof   hardly a sound was left  
         D5               C5                   D5                    G5       D5 
from the birthday    the kitchen light fell asleep on the bedroom floor 
G5               D5                C5                   D5 
Me and her were talking softer   than all the time before I lost her 
    C5              D5                   G5 
her picture sat on top of the chest-of-drawers 
         C5       D5           G5       C5                   G5         D5     Db5   
CHORUS:  ONE RED ROSE IN THE BIBLE   PRESSED BETWEEN THE HOLY ALPHABET 
C5                 D5                   G5                    C5 
PROBABLY WOULDN'T BELIEVE YOU  IF YOU TOLD ME   BUT WHAT I NEVER KNEW 
  D5          G5        C5 
I NEVER WILL FORGET 
G5                     D5            C5                          D5 
Rainy nights get dark real early   her dress was soft and her hair was curly 
   C5                 D5                G5    D5  G5                 D5  
we danced around the table to the old banjo   rainy nights were made for lovers 
C5                  D5                        C5       D5                    G5 
we lay there still beneath the covers   and I ain't never felt like that before 
 
REPEAT CHORUS: 
 
INSTRUMENTAL: verse chords 
 
REPEAT CHORUS ONCE MORE: 
 
For the D Db C in the Chorus I alternate by using a D chord then the Db sliding the 
same formation down 1 fret twords the nut then the C chord. 
 
The second time I use a walk down by strumming the D chord then hit the d string (4th string) 
open then 5th string 4th fret the form the C chord and hit the 5th string 3rd fret not before 
playing the chord. 
 
Going from the Verse to Chorus I use a standard walk from the G chord to the C chord 
 
ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.