I Threw Away the Rose Chords by Charley Pride

[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Once I lived [A] the life of [E] wine and _ roses, _ _
[D#] [C#m] and [B] I drank a lot back then for one [E] concern. _ _ _ _
_ _ Success for me [A] lay just around [E] the _ corner. _ _
I [F#] thought my social friends would help me
_ [B] make the _ turn. _
But now [E] I'm paying [A] for the days of [E] wine and roses. _ _
[D#] _ [C#m] _ [B] A victim of the drunken [E] life I chose. _ _ _
_ Now all my [A] social friends look [E] down their _ noses. _
[D#] _ [C#m] [B] Cause I kept the wine and threw away [E] the rose. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] [D#] I [E] stood by and [A] watched the bottle [E] take control
of me. _
_ [C#m] [B] The turn I made was not the one [E] I'd planned. _ _ _
And I watched my [A] social standings [E] slip away from me. _
While [F#] I watched the bottle slowly
_ [B] take command.
[C#] _ _ [B] _
But now [E] I'm paying [A] for the days of [E] wine and _ roses. _ _
_ [C#] [B] A victim _ of the drunken life [E] I chose. _ _ _
_ Now all my [A] social friends look down [E] their _ noses. _ _
Cause [B] I kept the wine and threw away [E] the rose. _ _ _
[G#m] [C#m] Cause [B] I kept the wine and threw away [E] the rose. _ _ _ _