{"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":2111715,"song":"I Threw Away The Rose","artist":"Merle Haggard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2111715-i-threw-away-the-rose-chords-by-merle-haggard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2111715?type=chord","rating":4.90708,"votes":28,"content":"I Threw Away The Rose\r\nPerformed by : Merle Haggard\r\nRecorded in the key of Ab\r\nPlay Song in Capo 1 G\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow all my social friends look down their noses[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause I kept the wine and threw away the rose[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOnce I lived a life...of wine and roses [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I drank...a lot back then for one concern[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSuccess for me lay just...around the corner[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI thought my social friends would help me make me turn[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]NC          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA victim...of the drunken life I chose[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow all my social friends look down their noses[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause I kept the wine and threw away the rose[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow all my social friends look down their noses[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause I kept the wine and threw away the rose[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]         \r\nI stood by and watched...the bottle take con-trol of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe turn I made was not...the one I'd planned[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I watched my social standings slip away from me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhile I watched the bottle slowly...take command[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]NC          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA victim...of the drunken life I chose[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow all my social friends look down their noses[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause I kept the wine and threw away the rose[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause I kept the wine and threw away the rose[/tab]","plain_text":"I Threw Away The Rose\nPerformed by : Merle Haggard\nRecorded in the key of Ab\nPlay Song in Capo 1 G\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Ab","G","C","D","D7","A","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}