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Roses

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1/17

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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[Intro]
e|-----10-10-10-10\9----------------------10-10-10-10\9---------------------------|
B|----------------------10-------12------------------------10---------------10----|
G|---------------------------9----------------------------------9----11-----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
  C#mWaited all Enight for you to come Ahome
  C#mI always hEated sleeping alAone
  C#mWatching the roses wither awEay
  AWishing my memories would die out the same
  C#mI waited all nEight, yeah, you never cAame
[Chorus]
  I miss the lAong nights under strEeet lights
  When our hC#mearts were made of gAold
  I miss the fAeeling that we hEad then
  We were C#mnever growing Aold
  Yeah, I miss it Aall
  Whoa Eoh, whoa C#moh, whoa Aoh
  Yeah, I miss it Aall
  Whoa Eoh, whoa C#moh, whoa Aoh
[Verse]
  C#mEveryone's trEying to help me move Aon
  C#mThey say it gets bEetter in the long runA  
  C#mYou could say that I've a couple good dEays
  But nobody's Aeyes shine quite the same way
  C#mI waited all nEight, yeah, you never cameA  
[Chorus]
  I miss the lAong nights under strEeet lights
  When our hC#mearts were made of gAold
  I miss the fAeeling that we hEad then
  We were C#mnever growing Aold
  Yeah, I miss it Aall
  Whoa Eoh, whoa C#moh, whoa Aoh
  Yeah, I miss it Aall
  Whoa Eoh, whoa C#moh, whoa Aoh
[Verse]
  C#mWaited all nEight for you to come homeA  
  C#mI always hEated sleeping alonAe
  I hope that the C#mlipstick I left on your fEace
  Stays red like the rAoses I laid on your grave
[Chorus]
  I miss the lAong nights under strEeet lights
  When our hC#mearts were made of gAold
  I miss the fAeeling that we hEad then
  We were C#mnever growing Aold
  Yeah, I miss it Aall
  Whoa Eoh, whoa C#moh, whoa Aoh
  Yeah, I miss it Aall
  Whoa Eoh, whoa C#moh, whoa Aoh
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Roses

by Against The Current

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C#m

[Intro]

e|-----10-10-10-10\9----------------------10-10-10-10\9---------------------------|

B|----------------------10-------12------------------------10---------------10----|

G|---------------------------9----------------------------------9----11-----------|

D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse]

C#m E A

Waited all night for you to come home

C#m E A

I always hated sleeping alone

C#m E

Watching the roses wither away

Wishing my memories would die out the same

C#m E A

I waited all night, yeah, you never came

[Chorus]

A E

I miss the long nights under street lights

C#m A

When our hearts were made of gold

A E

I miss the feeling that we had then

C#m A

We were never growing old

Yeah, I miss it all

E C#m A

Whoa oh, whoa oh, whoa oh

Yeah, I miss it all

E C#m A

Whoa oh, whoa oh, whoa oh

[Verse]

C#m E A

Everyone's trying to help me move on

C#m E A

They say it gets better in the long run

C#m E

You could say that I've a couple good days

But nobody's eyes shine quite the same way

C#m E A

I waited all night, yeah, you never came

[Chorus]

A E

I miss the long nights under street lights

C#m A

When our hearts were made of gold

A E

I miss the feeling that we had then

C#m A

We were never growing old

Yeah, I miss it all

E C#m A

Whoa oh, whoa oh, whoa oh

Yeah, I miss it all

E C#m A

Whoa oh, whoa oh, whoa oh

[Verse]

C#m E A

Waited all night for you to come home

C#m E A

I always hated sleeping alone

C#m E

I hope that the lipstick I left on your face

Stays red like the roses I laid on your grave

[Chorus]

A E

I miss the long nights under street lights

C#m A

When our hearts were made of gold

A E

I miss the feeling that we had then

C#m A

We were never growing old

Yeah, I miss it all

E C#m A

Whoa oh, whoa oh, whoa oh

Yeah, I miss it all

E C#m A

Whoa oh, whoa oh, whoa oh

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