Scarlet Begonias

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"Scarlet Begonias" - Sublime
Track 10 of 22 on the album "40oz. to Freedom" (1992)
[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJW_pQeIqXM [!]
[Intro]
B
[Verse 1]
E B
As I was walking down rubadub square
E B
Not a chill to the weather but a nip to the air
A E A E
From another direction she was caught in my eye
A E A E
It could be an illusion, but I might as well try
B
Might as well try
[Verse 2]
E B
She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes
E B
And I knew without asking she was into the blues
A E A E
She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls
A E A E
I knew right away, she was not like other girls
B
(Like other girls)
[Bridge]
F#
Well, I ain't never been right, as I ain't never been wrong
B E
It seldom works out the way it does in this song (hey)
F#
'cause once in a while you get shown in the light
B E
In the strangest of places if you look at it right
F# A
B
[Rap Verse]
A
It was the summer of love, and I thank the stars above
B
Because the woman took the lovin' over me
A
And just to gain her trust, I bought a microbus
B
Because I sold up all my personal property
A E
A tight tie-dyed dress, she was a psychedelic mess
A E
We toured to the north, south, east and west
A E
We sold some mushroom tea, we sold some ecstasy
A E
We sold nitrous, opium, acid, heroin and PCP
B
And now I hear the police coming after me
B
Yes, now I hear the police coming after me
B
The one Scarlet, with the flowers in her hair
B
She's got the police coming after me
[Verse 3]
E B
Well, there ain't nothing wrong with the way she moves
E B
All scarlet begonias and a touch of the blues
A E A E
And there ain't nothin' wrong with the love that's in her eye
A E A E
I had to learn the hard way just to let her pass by
B
Let her pass by
B B
Oh, just to let her pass by
[Outro]
B

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"Scarlet Begonias" - Sublime
Track 10 of 22 on the album "40oz. to Freedom" (1992)
[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJW_pQeIqXM [!]
[Intro]
B
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Bridge]
F#   A
B
[Rap Verse]
[Verse 3]
[Outro]
B

Scarlet Begonias Chords by Sublime

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