Roses Lotus Violet Iris chords by Hayley Williams

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:

B minorBm
I have seen your body
D MajorD
And I have seen your beauty
A augmentedA
They are separate things
E minorEm
Pretty, pretty, pretty  things
B minorBm
But I am in a garden
D MajorD
Tending to my own
A augmentedA
So what do I care
A augmentedA                E MajorE
And what do you care if I grow?
If I grow

Chorus:

B minorBm
Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses
G+G
(Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses)
A augmentedA                    E minorEm
Show no concern for colors of a violet
B minorBm
Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus
G+G
(Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus)
A augmentedA                    E minorEm
Hopes it won't spark envy in your irises


Verse 2:

B minorBm
Think of all the wilted women
D MajorD
Who crane their necks to reach a window
A augmentedA
Ripping all their petals off, just 'cause
E minorEm
"He loves me now, he loves me not"

B minorBm
I myself was a wilted woman
Drowsy in a dark room
G+G
Forgot my roots
A augmentedA
Now watch me bloom

Chorus:

B minorBm
Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses
G+G
(Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses)
A augmentedA                E minorEm
Show no concern for colors of a violet
B minorBm
Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus
G+G
(Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus)
A augmentedA                    E minorEm
Hopes it won't spark envy in your irises
(Irises)


Instrumental:

G+G E minorEm G+G E minorEm


Bridge:

         G+G
And I will not compare
        E minorEm
Other beauty to mine
         G+G
And I will not become
         E minorEm
A augmentedA thorn in my own side
         G+G
And I will not return
     E minorEm
To where I once was
             G+G
Well, I can break through the earth
         E minorEm  A augmentedA
Come out soft and wild


Chorus:

B minorBm
Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses
G+G
(Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses)
A augmentedA                   E minorEm
Show no concern for colors of a violet
B minorBm
Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus
G+G
(Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus)
A augmentedA                   E minorEm
Hopes it won't spark envy in your irises


Outro:

B minorBm
(Roses, roses, roses, roses)
B minorBm             G+G
(Roses, roses, roses, roses)
B minorBm
(Roses, roses, roses, roses)
G+G
(Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses)

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