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Coming Up Roses

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1/40

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Position

Step 1 / 40Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Tuning: DGCFAD
[Chords]
  Bb113331
  Amx02210
  Em022000
   G355433
   C332010 or  C2335553
 C/G032003
  Eb66504x or  Eb2668886
F   88-10-10-10-8
   D55403x
[Intro]
e|-----------------|
B|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-5-4-2-0-5-4-2-0-|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
Bb     Am      Em          Eb          Bb
C2     Eb2     Bb     C2               Eb2   F
[Verse 1]
 BbI'm a junkyard full of C2false starts
 Eb2And I don't need your permBbission
To C2bury my lEb2ove under this baBbre light buC2lb
[Bridge 1]
 EbThe Gmmoon is a sCickle cEbell
 GmIt'll Ckill you in Dtime
Your Ebcold white Gmbrother Criding your Ebblood
 DLike spun glass in sore eyes
[Chorus 1]
 GWhile the Bbmoon does Amits diEmvision you're buried beEblow
And you're coming up BbrosC2es eEb2verywhBbere you gC2o
Red Eb2roses Ffollow
[Solo]
(Play verse chords)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8-6--------8-6----------8-6-8-6-------------------------------6-5-6-5-------|
G|-----7-5---------7-5-----8-8-8-7-7-7-5-------------------7-------------7-5---|
D|--------8-5---------8----------------------8-5-7-8-8-7-8---------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Bridge 2]
EbThe Gmthings that you Ctell yourEbself
GmThey'll Ckill you in Dtime
Your Ebcold white Gmbrother Calive in youEbr blood
DSpinning in the night sky
[Chorus 2]
GSo you got Bbin a Amkind of Emtrouble that nobody Ebknows
It's coming up BbrosC2es eEb2verywhBbere you gC2o
Red Eb2rosesF  
[Outro]
G Bb Am Em    Eb Bb C2 Eb2 Bb C2     Eb2 F Bb

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Coming Up Roses

by Elliott Smith

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C/G

Eb2

Tuning: DGCFAD

[Chords]

113331

x02210

022000

355433

C C2

332010 or 335553

C/G

032003

Eb Eb2

66504x or 668886

F 88-10-10-10-8

55403x

[Intro]

e|-----------------|

B|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

D|-5-4-2-0-5-4-2-0-|

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

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

Bb Am Em Eb Bb

C2 Eb2 Bb C2 Eb2 F

[Verse 1]

Bb C2

I'm a junkyard full of false starts

Eb2 Bb

And I don't need your permission

C2 Eb2 Bb C2

To bury my love under this bare light bulb

[Bridge 1]

Eb Gm C Eb

The moon is a sickle cell

Gm C D

It'll kill you in time

Eb Gm C Eb

Your cold white brother riding your blood

Like spun glass in sore eyes

[Chorus 1]

G Bb Am Em Eb

While the moon does its division you're buried below

Bb C2 Eb2 Bb C2

And you're coming up roses everywhere you go

Eb2 F

Red roses follow

[Solo]

(Play verse chords)

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-8-6--------8-6----------8-6-8-6-------------------------------6-5-6-5-------|

G|-----7-5---------7-5-----8-8-8-7-7-7-5-------------------7-------------7-5---|

D|--------8-5---------8----------------------8-5-7-8-8-7-8---------------------|

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

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

[Bridge 2]

Eb Gm C Eb

The things that you tell yourself

Gm C D

They'll kill you in time

Eb Gm C Eb

Your cold white brother alive in your blood

Spinning in the night sky

[Chorus 2]

G Bb Am Em Eb

So you got in a kind of trouble that nobody knows

Bb C2 Eb2 Bb C2

It's coming up roses everywhere you go

Eb2 F

Red roses

[Outro]

G Bb Am Em Eb Bb C2 Eb2 Bb C2 Eb2 F Bb

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