{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":63914,"song":"Poisoned Rose","artist":"Elvis Costello","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11542697-poisoned-rose-chords-by-elvis-costello/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/63914?type=chord","rating":4.30541,"votes":7,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\nThe Poisoned Rose\r\n\r\n(N.C.)       Eb     Ab\r\nThe poisoned rose\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nThat you gave to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt left me half alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]B9[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd half in ecstasy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Eb7[/ch]\r\nBut if half of your love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab7[/ch]          [ch]Adim7[/ch]\r\nIs all I can win[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]             [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nGive me just a fraction[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F7[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Eb[/ch]  [ch]Ab7[/ch]   [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nBut no more medicine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Bb+[/ch]   [ch]Eb[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nThe poisoned rose[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nOn a Valentine card[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Eb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat you take straight to the heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]B9[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nThat you call my junkyard[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Eb7[/ch]\r\nBut if all I can do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab7[/ch]               [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nis save pieces of you[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nThe piece of your mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Eb7[/ch]    [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\nThe piece of your heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Adim7[/ch]\r\nDidn't tear me apart[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nLike the poisoned rose[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Gm7[/ch]          [ch]Bb7[/ch]   [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nI received    from you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]Db9+11[/ch]\r\nI don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nHow we came to grow[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Eb[/ch]       [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nInto this very sad affair[/tab]\r\n\r\nEverytime we do the decent thing\r\n[tab]         [ch]B9[/ch]                  [ch]Bb9[/ch]\r\nSomebody    spikes the drink[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd a single becomes a pair\r\n\r\n\r\n(N.C.)       Eb    Bb7\r\nThe poisoned rose\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Eb7[/ch]     [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\nThat you wear at your best[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Eb[/ch]                  [ch]C7[/ch]\r\nThat I keep pressed between the white sheets[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F7[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]B9[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nWhere you lie half undressed[/tab]\r\n\r\nI threw away my shirt and shoes\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb7[/ch]                    [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\nYou looked and I dived in[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F7[/ch]\r\nIt's just you and me now[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n'Cause I threw away the gin[/tab]\r\n\r\nI threw away your alibis\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb7[/ch]                       [ch]Ab7[/ch]\r\nAnd all your worn-out clothes[/tab]\r\n\r\nI threw myself upon the floor\r\n[tab]    [ch]Adim7[/ch]\r\nBut       I couldn't throw away[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nThis poisoned rose[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Eb[/ch]     [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nThis poisoned rose[/tab]\r\n              (N.C.) Eb\r\nThis poisoned rose","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\nThe Poisoned Rose\n\n(N.C.)       Eb     Ab\nThe poisoned rose\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEverytime we do the decent thing\n\n\nAnd a single becomes a pair\n\n\n(N.C.)       Eb    Bb7\nThe poisoned rose\n\n\n\n\nI threw away my shirt and shoes\n\n\n\n\nI threw away your alibis\n\n\nI threw myself upon the floor\n\n\n\n              (N.C.) Eb\nThis poisoned rose","chords":["C","Eb","Ab","F","Bb","B9","Eb7","Ab7","Adim7","C7","F7","Bb+","Gm7","Bb7","Db9+11","Bb9"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm7":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,1,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,3,3,3,3]}}}