Elvis Costello

A Good Year For The Roses(Chords)

Elvis Costello

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I can hardly bare the sight of lipstick 
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On the cigarettes there in the ashtray 
Lying cold the way you left them 
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But at least your lips carressed them while you packed 
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And a lip print on a half-filled cup of coffee 
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That you poured and didn't drink 
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But at least you thought you wanted it 
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That's so much more than I can say for me 
D What a good year for the roses E7 A Many blooms still linger there Bm7 The lawn could stand another mowing E7 A Funny, I don't even care D As you turned to walk away E7 D A As the door behind you closes Bm7 The only thing I know to say E7 A D,A/C# E7, A, D/A, A It's been a good year for the roses
Verse 2. A After three full years of marriage D A It's the first time that you haven't made the bed I guess the reason we're not talking D A There's so little left to say, we haven't said D While a million thoughts go running through my mind A I find I haven't said a word E7 From the bedroom the familiar sound A Of our one baby's crying goes un-heard
D What a good year for the roses E7 A Many blooms still linger there Bm7 The lawn could stand another mowing E7 A Funny, I don't even care D As you turned to walk away E7 D A As the door behind you closes Bm7 The only thing I know to say E7 A D A/C# E7, A It's been a good year for the ro- o- ses

Written by Jerry Chesnut

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