Mean Mary - Rose tattoo

The sun's gonna rise and in my ^Fcold green eyes Is the ^E7hell that I’ve been through ^AmWhat I learned tonight, is that this ^Fworld ain’t right And the ^E7devil’s got a rose tat^Amtoo ^{F E7 Am F E7 Am}

Eight-fifty-one, we ar^Frived at the club I was ^E7wearing my last good ^Amdress My man had bet every^Fthing he could get And I was ^E7trying to get us out of the ^Ammess At nine o’clock I ^Fmade my walk Like a ^E7tigress to the ^Amstage And the people would stand like I was ^Fworth ten grand And not ^E7singing for minimum ^Amwage

Ten minutes in, they were ^Fpassing the gin And the ^E7club became a ^Amroar My man was having a ball, but ^Fall I recall Is his ^E7face when he looked toward the ^Amdoor I was going to town when a ^Fhush came down The ^E7dance floor became a to^Ammb A woman stepped in, she was ^Fsmall and slim But her ^E7presence filled the whole damn ^Amroom

My man went pale like a ^Ftorn up sail As the ^E7woman walked right past ^Amme Her dress was grey like a ^Fstormy day And it ^E7flowed like a restless ^Amsea I went flat on a note, I was ^Fwatching her throat She wore a ^E7necklace of pure ^Amjade And her sleeve hung down off one ^Fside of her gown To show a ^E7rose down her shoulder ^Amblade

I lost ^Fsight of her and the rest was a blur As I ^Amsang and paced the stage E^Fleven-o'-one, I was finally done And I ^E7sprung like a cat from a cage He was ^Fgone from there, so I searched everywhere Till I ^Amfound a girl I knew She said, "He ^Dleft your show about an ^Fhour ago With a ^E7woman with a rose tat^Amtoo" ^{F E7 Am F E7 Am}

I walked the street till I was ^Fdead on my feet And I ^E7hit every joint I ^Amknew I heard a man say, "I saw that ^Fwoman in grey I think her ^E7name is Penny La^AmRue" Where she’s been and ^Fwhat’s her sin ^E7No one in New Orleans ^Amknows All they can tell, is she’s an ^Fangel from hell With a ^E7tattoo of a ^Amrose

I said a prayer, let ^Fdown my hair I was ^E7now in the bad part of ^Amtown It was 3am and I ^Ffollowed some men To a ^E7club called the Undergro^Amund I stepped inside, I could ^Ffeel the vibe There was ^E7danger in the ro^Amom And a whole lotta sin, ^Fsweat and skin And the ^E7smell of cheap per^Amfume

But through the lusty display was a ^Fwoman in grey ^E7Smiling like she knew ^Am When she turned around, where her ^Fdress hung down Was a ^E7shoulder with a rose tat^Amtoo I saw the love she’d de^Fprived me of He was ^E7standing in that restless ^Amthrong When suddenly, he ^Fnoticed me But ^E7something just a-felt all ^Amwrong

^FI heard a shout, a knife came out My ^Amman got in the way He was ^Fdead as a door before he hit the floor While the ^E7band continued to play I ^Ftried to scream, but like a horrible dream There was ^Amnothing I could do ^D Time died,^F a siren cried I saw a ^E7flash of a rose tat^Amtoo ^{F E7 Am F E7 Am}

I’m on the curb with a ^Fcop named Herb Try^E7ing to sort out this ^Ammess It’s five-twenty-five, I feel ^Fbarely alive And I’m ^E7wearing my last good ^Amdress The sun’s gonna rise and in my ^Fcold green eyes Is the ^E7hell I’ve been ^Amthrough What I learned tonight, is that this ^Fworld ain’t right And the ^E7devil’s got a rose tat^Ftoo ^{E7 Am}