G                          C              G
When love's in vain, love can be so strange
G                                  C          G
There ain't nothing I can take to kill this pain
C
Set me free
                      G
Why don't you, Rosa Lee?
G                             C           G
She is a dream, but she's so hard to please
G                          C         G
She moves around like an Egyptian queen
C
Set me free
                      G
Why don't you, Rosa Lee?


[Chorus]

Am                Em
I'm so afraid of losing you
Am                  C             D       
But there's only so much that a man can do
          G
For Rosa Lee
C                       G
Why don't you set me free?


[Verse]

G                       C             G
When I hit the road the time goes slow
G                 C      G
Think about the places I used to go
C
With Rosa Lee
                        G
Why don't you set me free?
G                           C     G
They're trying to close the Tu Y Yo
G                          C          G
The Latin playboy and the sky room shows
       C
Rosa Lee
G
Why don't they let them be?


[Chorus]

Am                   Em
I can't get used to losing you
Em         Am         C         D        
But there's only so much that a man can do
          G
For Rosa Lee
C                      G
Why don't you set me free?


[Bridge]

Em                        D
People say that you were made for me
Am                      C          G  
I nod my head, they think that I agree
Em                         D
But they'll never know the hurt it takes
Am   C   D             G
To be        with Rosa Lee


[Verse]

G                          C             G
When love's in vain, love can be so strange
G                                C           G
But I never thought I'd wear a ball and chain
         C
Set me free
                     G
Why don't you, Rosa Lee?


[Outro]

C
Set me free
                   G
Why don't you, Rosa Lee?
                C
Why don't you set me free
                    G
Why don't you Rosa Lee, yeah
                    C                       G
Why don't you set free, why don't you set free
                   C
You got to set me free
G     C       G        C 
You got to, you got to set, baby, ah, yeah, ooh