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Red Like Roses: Jeff Williams, feat Casey Lee Williams From the RWBY Season 1 Soundtrack Here are the chords for the singing parts of Part 1 & 2 Standard Tuning: EADGBe Pt 1 Chords Bm Bm G Em G A
Bmooooohhhhh Bm G...hhhhhEmhhhhhh G A BmRed like roses fills my dreams and bringGs me to the place you rest. BmWhite is cold and always yearning, burdeGned by a royal test. Dm *(e: 1,0,1, 3 ,1, 0, 1) Black the beast descends from shadows. Dm *(e: 1, 0, 1, 3) A D *(mute e) Yellow beauty burns gold.
*Parenthesis indicates what to play on the 1st string (high e) ----------- Pt2 Chords I recommend playing the Cs and Gs as barre chords (barring 3rd fret) (Chords noted as "X|" are single strums only) VERSE 1 Bm| I couldn't take it, couldn't stand another minute; Bm| Couldn't bear another day without you in it. G| All of the joy that I had known for all my life Em| F#m| G| Bm| Was stripped away from me the minute that you died. Bm| To have you in my life was all I ever wanted, Bm| But now without you I'm a soul forever haunted. G| Can't help but feel that I had taken you for granted; Em| F#m| G| Bm| No way in Hell that I can ever comprehend this.
BmI wasn't dreaming when they told me you were gone, BmI was wide awake and feeling that they had to be wrong. GHow could you leave me when you swore that you would stay? EmNow I'm trapped inside a nightmare everyC single f'ing day.
BmIt's like a movie, but there's not a happy ending; BmEvery scene fades black, and there's no pretending. GThis little fairy tale doesn't seem to end well, EmThere's no knight in shining armor who wCill wake me from the spell.
EmI know you didn't plBman this; Em Bm| Bm| Bm| Bm| You tried to do what's right. EmBut in the middle ofBm this madness, I'm the Cone (I'm the Cmone, I'm the one) you lGmeft to win this F#fight.
CHORUS Rest- one bar
BmRed like roses Fills myG head witEmh dreamGs and fiAnds me BmAlways closer To the eGmptinessEm and sadness G A (Bm) That has come to take the place of you.
VERSE 2 Bm| I know you're broken down by anger and by sadness; Bm| You feel I left you in a world that's full of madness. G| Wish I could talk to you, if only for a minute; Em| F#m| G| Bm| Make you understand the reasons why I did it. Bm| I wanna tell you that you're all that ever mattered; Bm| Want you to know that, for eternity, I'm shattered. G| I tried so hard just to protect you, but I failed to, Em| F#m| G| Bm| And in a prison of abandonment I've jailed you.
BmI never planned that I would leave you there alone, BmI was sure that I would see you when I made it back home. GAnd all the times I swore that it would be okay; EmNow I'm nothing but a liar, and you're tChrown into the fray.
BmThis bedtime story ends with misery ever after, BmThe pages are torn, and there's no final chapter. GI didn't have a choice, I did what I had to do; EmI made a sacrifice, but forced a bigger Csacrifice on you.
EmI know you've lived Bma nightmare; Em Bm| Bm| Bm| Bm| I caused you so much pain. EmBut, baby, please doBmn't do what I did; I don't Cwant (I don'tCm want, I don't want) yoGmu to waste your F#life in vain.
CHORUS 2
BmRed like roses Fills myG head witEmh dreamGs and fiAnds me BmAlways closer To the eGmptinessEm and sadness G A (Em) That has come to take the place of you.
BRIDGE:
EmYou're not the only one who needBmed me; I thought you understood. EmYou were the one I needed, and yBmou left me as I always feared you would EmWould I change iBmt if I could? GIt doesn't matteEmr how, GThe petals scattF#mer now. GEvery nightmare Emjust discloses GIt's your blood F#mthat's red like roses, And no mGatter whEmat I do, G A (Bm) Nothing ever takes the place of you.
(Verse chords under Solo) CHORUS
BmRed like roses. Fills myG head witEmh dreamGs and fiAnds me. BmAlways closer, To the eGmptinessEm and sadness, G A| That has come to take the place...... G| ...of... Bm| ...you.