Good Year For The Roses chords by Elvis Costello

Chords with lyrics

A augmentedA
I can hardly bare the sight of lipstick
       D MajorD         A augmentedA
On the cigarettes there in the ashtray
Lying cold the way you left them
              D MajorD           A augmentedA
But at least your lips carressed them while you packed
   D MajorD
And a lip print on a half-filled cup of coffee
              A augmentedA
That you poured and didn't drink
     E7E7
But at least you thought you wanted it
                    A augmentedA
That's so much more than I can say for me

Chorus:
             D MajorD
What a good year for the roses
E7E7            A augmentedA
Many blooms still linger there
               Bm7Bm7
The lawn could stand another mowing
E7E7          A augmentedA
 Funny, I don't even care
            D MajorD
As you turned to walk away
E7E7            D MajorD  A augmentedA
 As the door behind you closes
             Bm7Bm7
The only thing I know to say
E7E7               A augmentedA D, A/C#A/C# E7, A, D/A, A,
 It's been a good year for the roses

Verse 2.
   A augmentedA
After three full years of marriage
               D MajorD        A augmentedA
It's the first time that you haven't made the bed
I guess the reason we're not talking
             D MajorD        A augmentedA
There's so little left to say, we haven't said
    D MajorD
While a million thoughts go running through my mind
            A augmentedA
I find I haven't said a word
     E7E7
From the bedroom the familiar sound
                 A augmentedA
Of our one baby's crying goes un-heard


Chorus:
             D MajorD
What a good year for the roses
E7E7            A augmentedA
Many blooms still linger there
               Bm7Bm7
The lawn could stand another mowing
E7E7          A augmentedA
 Funny, I don't even care
            D MajorD
As you turned to walk away
E7E7            D MajorD  A augmentedA
 As the door behind you closes
             Bm7Bm7
The only thing I know to say
E7E7               A augmentedA  D MajorD A/C#A/C# E7, A augmentedA
 It's been a good year for the ro- o- ses