Everythings Comin Up Roses chords by Nanci Griffith

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: E MajorE

Intro:

E MajorE Esus4Esus4  E MajorE Esus4Esus4


Verse 1:
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This life is filled with wonder
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This life is full of days not spent
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I cannot help but ponder
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Just what relevance that lends.

Chorus 1:
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Everything is comin' up roses
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When I'm pushin' up daisies, they'll want roses anyway
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Oh, and everything is comin' up roses
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It's comin' up roses every day.

Verse 2:
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Got a heart bent on confusion
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I'm punch-drunk straight half the time
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Feeling watered down and diluted
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Still this weather's holding fine.

Chorus 2:
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And everything is comin' up roses
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Ooh, when I'm pushin' up daisies, they'll want roses anyway
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Oh, and everything is comin' up roses
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It's comin' up roses every day.

(SOLO over CHORUS changes)
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{Bkgd vox: La la la-la la  La la la-la la
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      Oh----------  Whoa.}
Verse 3:
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There's a piece of land in Kentucky
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My grandfather worked one long hot day
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Now it's a flatland blacktop strip mall
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Still I remember what he'd say.

Chorus 3:
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He'd say "Everything is comin' up roses, kid
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And when I'm pushin' up daisies, they'll want roses anyway
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Oh, and everything is comin' up roses
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It's comin' up roses every day."

   A augmentedA             E MajorE
Yeah, everything is comin' up roses
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And when I'm pushin' up daisies, they'll want roses anyway
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Oh, and everything is comin' up roses
      BB       E MajorE
Comin' up roses every day.

Outro:
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Every day ----- buy the dozen ----- every day ----- hey, hey.