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I Threw Away The Rose

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I Threw Away The Rose
Performed by : Merle Haggard
Recorded in the key of Ab
Play Song in Capo 1 G
[Instrumental]
GNow all my social Cfriends look down their Gnoses
Cause I Dkept the wine and D7threw away the Grose
[Verse]
GOnce I lived a Clife...of wine and Groses 
And I dDrank...a lot back then for one Gconcern
Success for me lay Cjust...around the Gcorner
I thought my Asocial friends would A7help me make me Dturn
[Chorus]
NC                        G                  C  G  
But now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses
A vDictim...of the drunken life I Gchose
Now all my social Cfriends look down their Gnoses
Cause I Dkept the wine and D7threw away the Grose
[Instrumental]
NGow all my social fCriends look down their Gnoses
Cause I Dkept the wine and D7threw away the Grose
[Verse]
GI stood by and watched...the Cbottle take con-tGrol of me
The Dturn I made was not...the one I'd Gplanned
And I watched my social sCtandings slip Gaway from me
While I wAatched the bottle sA7lowly...take cDommand
[Chorus]
NC                        G                  C  G  
But now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses
A vDictim...of the drunken life I Gchose
Now all my social fCriends look down their Gnoses
Cause I Dkept the wine and D7threw away the Grose
[Outro]
Cause I Dkept the wine and D7threw away the GroseG  

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I Threw Away The Rose

by Merle Haggard

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

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I Threw Away The Rose

Performed by : Merle Haggard

Recorded in the key of Ab

Play Song in Capo 1 G

[Instrumental]

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]

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

[Chorus]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Outro]

D D7 G G

Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose

About I Threw Away The Rose Chords by Merle Haggard

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The chords for "I Threw Away The Rose" show the original chord names (including Ab, G, C, D, D7, A). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.