Elvis Costello - Poisoned rose
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The Poisoned Rose
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(N.C.) Eb Ab
The poisoned rose
That you gave to Ebme Ab
It left me Ebhalf aClive
And Fhalf in ecstaBbsy B9 Bb Eb
But if half of your loveEb7
Ab7Is all I can Adim7win
EbGive me just a C7fraction
But F7no more Bbmedicine Eb Ab7 Eb
Bb Bb+ Eb Ab
The poisoned rose
On a Valentine Ebcard Ab
That you take Ebstraight to the Cheart
That Fyou call my junkBbyard B9 Bb Eb
But if all I can do Eb7
Ab7is save pieces of F7you
The piece of your Ebmind
The piece of your Eb7heart Ab7
Didn't tear me aAdim7part
Like the poisoned rose F7
I received Gm7 from you Bb7 Ab
Db9+11
I don't know
How we came to grow Eb
Into this Bbvery sad Ebaffair F7
Everytime we do the decent thing
Somebody B9 spikes the drink Bb9
And a single becomes a pair
(N.C.) Eb Bb7
The poisoned rose
That you wear at your Eb7best Ab7
That I keep Ebpressed between the C7white sheets
Where F7you lie half unBbdressedB9 Bb Eb
I threw away my shirt and shoes
You Eb7looked and I dived in Ab7
It's just you and me now F7
'Cause I threw away the gin Eb
I threw away your alibis
And Eb7all your worn-out clothes Ab7
I threw myself upon the floor
But Adim7 I couldn't throw away
This poisoned Ebrose Ab
This poisoned Ebrose Ab
(N.C.) Eb
This poisoned rose