Chords for Good Year For The Roses

_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I can hardly bear the sight of lipstick on the cigarette [Eb] stand in the ashtray
_ _ _ Lying cold where you left them, but at least your [Eb] lips caressed [Bb] them while you _ pecked
_ _ [Eb] Or the lip print on a half-filled cup of coffee that you [Cm] poured but [Bb] didn't drink
_ _ _ [G] But [F] at least you thought you wanted it, that's so much more than [Bb] I can say for me
What a good [Eb] year for the roses, _ [F] _ many [Bb] blooms still linger there
The lawn could [Cm] stand another mowing, _ [F] _ honey I [Bb] don't even care
_ And as you turn and [Eb] walk away, _ [F] _ as the door [Eb] behind you [Bb] closes
_ _ _ The only thing I [Cm] have to say, _ _ [F] has been a good [Bb] year for the [Eb] roses
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ After three, four years of marriage, it's the first time that you [Eb] haven't made the day
_ _ _ I guess the reason we ain't talking, there's so little left [Eb] to say, [Bb] we haven't said
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] While a million thoughts go racing through my mind, I find I [Cm] [Bb] haven't said a word
From _ _ [F] the bedroom, the familiar [F] scent of what may be scrying [Bb] goes unheard
_ What a good [Eb] year for the roses, [F] _ many [Bb] blooms still linger there
The lawn could stand [Cm] another mowing, _ [F] _ honey I [Bb] don't even care
_ And as you turn and [Eb] walk away, _ _ [F] as the door [Eb] behind you _
[Bb] closes
_ _ The only thing I [Cm] have to say, _ has been a good [Bb] year for _ [Eb] the roses
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