Chords for Grateful Dead - It Must Have Been The Roses - 12/31/1981 - Oakland Auditorium (Official)

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And he laid her head [D] down in [A] the roses.
_ _ _ _ [E] She [A] had the ribbons, ribbons, ribbons [Em] [D] in her long, long hair. _ _ _
I _ _ don't know, [E] maybe it [A] was the roses.
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_ _ [A] All I know, [E] I could not [A] leave her there.
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[F#m] _ [E] _ [A] Ten _ years the waves [D] roll the shit soap from [A] the sea.
[F#m] I'm [D] [A] thinking, well, how [F#m] it may [G] blow [D] in all good company
_ if [A] I tell [E] another _ what [D] your old nips told me.
Let [A] me lay _ [E] beneath the roses, [C#m] let [D] my eyes no longer see.
_ _ I don't know, [E]
it must have been [A] the roses. _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [D] Roses [E] are the ribbons [A] in her [G] long, [Bm] long [D] hair.
_ _ _ I _ [A] _
[D] don't know, [E] maybe it [A] was the roses.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A]
All I know, [E] I could not leave [A] her there.
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One pin of glass in the window.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ [E] [A] No one is complaining [G] though, _ [D] come in and shut the door.
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Faded is the [E] crimson [A] from the [D] _
ribbons that she wore.
_ And [A] it's strange how no one [E] comes around _ [A] anymore.
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ [Em] [D] I don't know, [E] it must have been [A] the roses.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [C#m] [D] The roses _ [E] are the ribbons [F#m] in her long, [G] long [D] hair. _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ [Dm] I don't know, [E] _
maybe it was [A] the roses.
_ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [A] All I know, [E] I could not [A] leave her there. _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Dm] I [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ don't know, [E]
it must have been [A] the roses. _ _
_ _ _ [D] The roses [E] are the ribbons [A] in her [G] long, long [D]
hair. _ _ _ _ _ _
I don't know, [E] maybe it [A] was the roses.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [A]
All I know, I [E] could not leave [A] her there.
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