{"id":27813,"date":"2026-01-02T20:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=27813"},"modified":"2026-01-02T20:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:18:15","slug":"roswell-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/roswell-new-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Roswell, New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Elle Cordova and Toni Lindgren\r\nFrom this video: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iw6ZZG3NVMs\r\n \r\n \r\n* = single strum, let ring\r\n \r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\nEm<\/span>  Am<\/span>  B<\/span>  Em<\/span>\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\nEm<\/span>                  Am<\/span>\r\nBack in '47 in the first week of July\r\n          B7<\/span>                            Em<\/span>\r\nThere was lightning in the desert and explosions in the sky\r\n   E<\/span>                          Am<\/span>\r\nAn unknown flying object came crashing to the Earth\r\n      B7<\/span>                                        B<\/span>      Em<\/span>\r\nAnd a cattleman named Brazel found the wreckage in the dirt\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n   Em<\/span>                                  Am<\/span>\r\nHe gathered up some scraps and then he brought them into town\r\n        B7<\/span>                            Em<\/span>\r\nAnd the people gazed in wonder at the marvel he had found\r\nE<\/span>                                   Am<\/span>\r\nCalled the county sheriff and they called the air force base\r\n      B7<\/span>                          B5<\/span>     A5<\/span>  Gaug<\/span> B5\/F#<\/span> Em<\/span>\r\nThey called the DOD and then they called the C    I     A\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n         C<\/span>                     G<\/span>\r\nThere's big news today out in Roswell\r\n       C<\/span>                B7<\/span>\r\nThat sleepy New Mexico town\r\n    Em<\/span>\r\nAnd Major Marcel\r\nF<\/span>            C<\/span>        Emmaj9<\/span> B<\/span>  Em<\/span>\r\nWhat can you tell us about   Roswell\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\nEm<\/span>                                         Am<\/span>\r\nWell, the Roswell Army Airfield sent their finest personnel\r\n   B7<\/span>                        Em<\/span>\r\nA rank and file officer was young Major Marcel\r\n    E<\/span>                           Am<\/span>\r\nThe major told his story and it echoed round the globe\r\n   B7                                       Em\r\nA flying saucer captured out in old New Mexico\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n        Em                              Am\r\nBut the orders came from Washington, materials were changed\r\n    B7                                 Em\r\nThe town was hushed to silence and Mac Brazel was detained\r\n     E                               Am\r\nThey scooped up all the evidence and flew it to Fort Worth\r\nB7                             B5  A5    Gaug B5\/F# Em\r\nStaged a couple photos and the headlines were re  - versed\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n        C                       G\r\nThere's nothing to see here in Roswell\r\n       C                       B7\r\nJust a torn-up old weather balloon\r\n    Em\r\nAnd Major Marcel\r\n       F         C    Emmaj9 B  Em\r\nWas mistaken as well about   Roswell\r\n \r\n \r\n[Solo]\r\nEm      Am      B       Em\r\nE       Am      B   B7  E+  B   Em\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 5]\r\n          Em                               Am\r\nWell, the years pass on in Roswell but the story still persists\r\nB7                               Em\r\nRumors turn to theories and then theories turn to myth\r\n    E                          Am\r\nBut to his dying day the major swore on all he had\r\n            B7 N.C.         B7 N.C.             B7*     B7*   Em\r\n\"There's no way in hell the thing that fell was made by human hands\u201d\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n       C                       G\r\nSo the mystery lives on out in Roswell\r\n      C                B7\r\nThat creepy New Mexico town\r\n    Em\r\nAnd Major Marcel\r\n     F            C        Emmaj9 B  Em\r\nWhat couldn't you tell us about   Roswell\r\n \r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\nEm  B  B  B7  E+ B Em Emmaj9<\/span><\/pre>\n
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By Elle Cordova and Toni Lindgren From this video: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iw6ZZG3NVMs * = single strum, let ring [Intro] Em Am B Em [Verse 1] Em Am Back in ’47 in the first week of July B7 Em There was lightning in the desert and explosions in the sky E Am An … CLICK TO VIEW SONGRoswell, New Mexico<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27814,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27813\/revisions\/27814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}