Chords for Rose in Paradise - Kris Kristofferson & Patty Griffin

_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
She was a flower [C] for the taking [G] Her beauty cut just [D] like a knife _ _
He was a banker [C] from Macon _
[G] _ Swore he'd love her [D] all his life
[A] _ _
[D] He bought her a mansion [C] on the mountain [G] With a formal garden and a [D] lot of land _ _
But paradise [C] became a prison _ _
[G] That Georgia banker was a [Dm] jealous [D] man _ _
[Bm] _ Every time he'd [G] talk about her You [Bm] could see the fire [G] in his _ [A] eyes
[D] He said, I would walk through [C] hell on Sunday _ [G] To keep my rose in [D] paradise _ _
He hired a man [C] to tend the garden [D] Keep _ [G] an eye on her while [D] he was gone
[A] _ _
[D] Some say they ran [C] away together Some [G] _ say that gardener left [D] alone _ _
_ Now the banker [C] is an old man _
[G] That mansion's crumbling [Dm] down
[B] _ _
He sits all day and [C] stares at the garden _ [G] Not a trace of her was [D] ever found _
[Bm] _ Every time he'd [G] talk about her You [Bm] could see the fire [G] in his [A] eyes
[D] He'd say, I would walk through [C] hell on Sunday To [G] _ keep my rose in [E] paradise
[D] _ _
Now there's a rose [C] out in the garden Its [G] _ beauty cuts just [D] like a knife _ _
They say it even [C] grows in the wintertime [G] And blooms in the dead [D] of the night _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _