Merle Haggard

I Threw Away The Rose(Chords)

Merle Haggard

Key: G#

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Capo on 1st fret
	        Play Song in  G 
 
 
INSTRUMENTAL INTRO (PLAY LINES BELOW INSTRUMENTALLY)  
 
G                 C                       G 
Now all my social friends look down their noses 
        D                 D7             G 
Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose 
 
 
VERSE ONE 
 
G              C                  G 
Once I lived a life...of wine and roses  
       D                              G 
And I drank...a lot back then for one concern 
                   C                 G 
Success for me lay just...around the corner 
             A                    A7              D 
I thought my social friends would help me make me turn 

NC G C G But now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses D G A victim...of the drunken life I chose C G Now all my social friends look down their noses D D7 G Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose
INSTRUMENTAL TURNAROUND (PLAY LINES BELOW INSTRUMENTALLY) G C G Now all my social friends look down their noses D D7 G Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose VERSE TWO G C G I stood by and watched...the bottle take con-trol of me D G The turn I made was not...the one I'd planned C G And I watched my social standings slip away from me A A7 D While I watched the bottle slowly...take command CHORUS NC G C G But now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses D G A victim...of the drunken life I chose C G Now all my social friends look down their noses D D7 G Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose TAGG D D7 G G Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose NC: No Chord...Vocals are sung cold...without music.

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