xPoets of the Fall - Roses
Very easy to play. Make it interesting with chord variants (and different
Hand damping the last stroke in the verses, and just using the (x000xx)-strings in the prechorus.
[Intro] x2
Em C G D
[Verse 1]
(melody variant 1):
Em C G D
I've walked the distance, I paid my dues and tried to have a go
Em C G D
at what I thought I knew was real, held no appeal
Em C G D
I've been to places, I've seen the tidings, I bought a book of rules
Em C G D
for every coin that I could steal
[Verse 2]
(melody variant 2):
Em C G D Em C G D
And so I came to gaze upon the stars, when they were yet unborn
Em C G D Em C G D
And consequently, tear at my old scars, and the mask I had outworn
[Pre-Chorus]
Em C G D
So when I'm crying alone
Em C G D
Yeah, when I'm cold as a dying stone
[Chorus]
Em C G D
Grow me a garden of roses
Em C G D
Paint me the colors of sky and rain
Em C G D
Teach me to speak with their voices
Em C G D
Show me the way and I'll try again
[Instrumental] x2
Em C G D
[Verse 3]
(melody variant 1):
I've heard the rumors, started fires, I sowed a sordid lot of plays for keeps for what I
behold the demons that I freed
I've tried my best at wearing the hard hat, but healing doesn't seem to happen when you
away the seed
[Verse 4]
(melody variant 2):
And so I came across the medicine man, and he showed me what I'd forlorn
For if I'm stayed it happens by my own hand, and my own voice full of scorn
[Pre-Chorus]
Em C G D
So when I'm crying alone
Em C G D
Yeah, when I'm cold as a dying stone
[Chorus]
Em C G D
Grow me a garden of roses
Em C G D
Paint me the colors of sky and rain
Em C G D
Teach me to speak with their voices
Em C G D
Show me the way and I'll try again
[Middle 8]
D Em D C
Without you I'm nothing at all
D Em D C D
And life has the face of a morbid game
Em D C
With you nothing is impossible
D Em C Em
It all seems to fit the frame
[Pre-Chorus]
Em C G D
So when I'm crying alone
Em C G D
Yeah, when I'm cold as a dying stone
[Chorus] x3
(fade the last one)
Em C G D
Grow me a garden of roses
Em C G D
Paint me the colors of sky and rain
Em C G D
Teach me to speak with their voices
Em C G D
Show me the way and I'll try again
