Chords with lyrics
---Intro:E minorEm
C majorC
G+G
D MajorD * 2 ---Verse 1 (melody variant 1):
E minorEm
C majorC
G+G
D MajorD I've walked the distance, I paid my dues and tried to have a go
E minorEm
C majorC
G+G
D MajorD at what I thought I knew was real, held no appeal
E minorEm
C majorC
G+G
D MajorD I've been to places, I've seen the tidings, I bought a book of rules
E minorEm
C majorC
G+G
D MajorD for every coin that I could steal ---Verse 2 (melody variant 2):
E minorEm
C majorC
G+G
D MajorD
E minorEm
C majorC
G+G
D MajorD And so I came to gaze upon the stars, when they were yet unborn
E minorEm
C majorC
G+G
D MajorD
E minorEm
C majorC
G+G
D MajorD And consequently, tear at my old scars, and the mask I had outworn ---Prechorus:
E minorEm
C majorC
G+G
D MajorD So when I'm crying alone
E minorEm
C majorC
G+G
D MajorD Yeah, when I'm cold as a dying stone ---Chorus:
E minorEm
C majorC
G+G
D MajorD Grow me a garden of roses
E minorEm
C majorC
G+G
D MajorD Paint me the colors of sky and rain
E minorEm
C majorC
G+G
D MajorD Teach me to speak with their voices
E minorEm
C majorC
G+G
D MajorD Show me the way and I'll try again ---Instrumental (as intro) ---Verse 3 (melody variant 1): I've heard the rumors, started fires, I sowed a sordid lot of plays for keeps for what I behold the demons that I freed I've tried my best at wearing the hard hat, but healing doesn't seem to happen when you away the seed ---Verse 4 (melody variant 2): And so I came across the medicine man, and he showed me what I'd forlorn For if I'm stayed it happens by my own hand, and my own voice full of scorn ---Prechorus ---Chorus ---Middle eight:
D MajorD
E minorEm
D MajorD
C majorC Without you I'm nothing at all
D MajorD
E minorEm
D MajorD
C majorC
D MajorD And life has the face of a morbid game
E minorEm
D MajorD
C majorC With you nothing is impossible
D MajorD
E minorEm
C majorC
E minorEm It all seems to fit the frame ---Prechorus ---Chorus * 3 with fade on the last one Tabbed by Alexander Strukelj
ⓘ Guitar chords for 'Roses' by Poets Of The Fall, an alternative rock band formed in 2002 from Helsinki, Finland