The Coven

White Witch Of Rose Hall

The Coven


Tom: Cm

F G Am
F G Am

[Chorus]
    F              G       Am
The white witch of Rose Hall
    F          G           Am
The devil she could call
       F             G    Am
Mister Ruthford came one day
     F    G  Am
Into Montego Bay

[Verse]
       F
To the great house
    G
An accountant man
      Bb                      A
Annie Palmer had to have this man

[Chorus]
    F              G    Am
The white witch of Rose Hall
  F       G    Am
A beauty above all
    F          G       Am
The slaves out in the fields
    F            G      Am
Had brothers who were killed

[Verse]
     F                    G
This obeah woman made the spirits rise
   Bb                            A
Destroying the unwanted with her eyes

[Interlude]
 C

[Bridge]
   C
By night in the black
     D#
When she did rise
F                G#         C
   Anyone in her path would die
                     D#
Robert met Millicent one fine day
F                         G#      C
    Now the girl stood in Annie's way
F       Bb                              Bb7
    Her life meant nothing without his love
    F            C        F Bb C
But she couldn't bear the evil of...

[Instrumental]
F G Am
F G Am
F G Am
F G Am

[Chorus]
    F              G       Am
The white witch of Rose Hall
    F          G        Am
The devil she could call
F            G          Am
    Robert's love then died
    F           G      Am
The blame Annie denied

[Verse]
        F
But the father
        G
Of this dead slave girl
       Bb              A
Casted Annie from this world

[Chorus]
    F              G        Am
The white witch of Rose Hall
    F         G         Am
The devil she could call
    F              G        Am
The white witch of Rose Hall
    F         G         Am
The devil she could call

[Refrain]
    F              G        Am
The white witch of Rose Hall
    F              G        Am
The white witch of Rose Hall
    F              G        Am
The white witch of Rose Hall