Rosa And Reseda chords by Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

B minorBm G+G B minorBm G+G


Verse 1:

            D MajorD    B minorBm              G+G      A augmentedA
We used to smoke on the fire escape now we just smoke in the living room

    D MajorD       B minorBm             G+G
In the plastic patio chairs that the last tenant left

 A augmentedA    D MajorD       B minorBm         G+G
I came to Reseda for the cheap rent and the distant listless gloom

 A augmentedA     D MajorD          B minorBm
I answered a Craigslist ad for a roommate, Rosa was it

G+G A augmentedA

Chorus:

G+G            D MajorD    B minorBm A augmentedA
She waits tables on the weekdays

G+G           D MajorD  B minorBm A augmentedA
Picks up any shift she can

 G+G          D MajorD   A augmentedA     B minorBm
I paint houses that I can't afford to live in

A augmentedA    G+G         A augmentedA        B minorBm
Scraping by with what we've got to pay the rent

G+G B minorBm G+G


Verse 2:

            D MajorD   B minorBm              G+G
We used to smoke on the fire escape now we just smoke in the living room

   A augmentedA      D MajorD            B minorBm          G+G   A augmentedA
And I play her the songs that I wrote last year when things got dim

    D MajorD            B minorBm
And her boyfriend's a real great guy

           G+G
He works down at the Jiffy Lube

A augmentedA       D MajorD
They teach me Spanish at night

  B minorBm             G+G
We eat what she takes from her shift

G+G  F#/G  G+G  F#/G


Bridge:

A augmentedA             G+G         A augmentedA
They both think that I can be something if I try

         G+G      A augmentedA
They come out to all the open mics

       G+G         B minorBm       A augmentedA    G+G
He's looking around to help me find a van that I could buy

G minorGm

Chorus:

G+G            D MajorD    B minorBm A augmentedA
She waits tables on the weekdays

G+G           D MajorD  B minorBm A augmentedA
Picks up any shift she can

 G+G          D MajorD   A augmentedA     B minorBm
I paint houses that I can't afford to live in

A augmentedA    G+G         A augmentedA        B minorBm
Scraping by with what we've got to pay the rent


Bridge:

B minorBm                 G+G       F#/G  G+G  F#/G
And Mom wants to know how sunny California is

B minorBm                        G+G    F#/G  G+G  F#/G
Says the Island's been cold, it sounds like she's over it

B minorBm                          G+G       F#/G  G+G  F#/G
Tells me Catherine's moving home, her husband's been pretty sick

B minorBm                     G+G        F#/G  G+G  F#/G
There's a Doctor they hope has better luck diagnosing him

G+G F#/G  G+G

Outro:

            D MajorD   B minorBm              G+G      A augmentedA
We used to smoke on the fire escape now we just smoke in the living room

     D MajorD              B minorBm        G+G
Well the lease is up and we'll never see that deposit again

    D MajorD         B minorBm
Rosa's moving in with her boyfriend

       G+G
I'm going to drive off somewhere new

     D MajorD          B minorBm
When I so desperately needed a friend

      G+G
Rosa was a friend