Roses Lotus Violet Iris chords by Hayley Williams

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:

Bm
I have seen your body
D
And I have seen your beauty
A
They are separate things
Em
Pretty, pretty, pretty  things
Bm
But I am in a garden
D
Tending to my own
A

So what do I care
A                               E
And what do you care if I grow?
If I grow


Chorus:

Bm
Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses
G
(Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses)
A                                       Em
Show no concern for colors of a violet
Bm
Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus
G
(Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus)
A                                        Em
Hopes it won't spark envy in your irises


Verse 2:

Bm
Think of all the wilted women
D
Who crane their necks to reach a window
A
Ripping all their petals off, just 'cause
Em
"He loves me now, he loves me not"

Bm
I myself was a wilted woman
Drowsy in a dark room
G
Forgot my roots
A
Now watch me bloom


Chorus:

Bm
Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses
G
(Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses)
A                               Em
Show no concern for colors of a violet
Bm
Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus
G
(Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus)
A                                       Em
Hopes it won't spark envy in your irises
(Irises)


Instrumental:

G Em  G Em


Bridge:

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


Chorus:

Bm
Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses
G
(Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses)
A                                     Em
Show no concern for colors of a violet
Bm
Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus
G
(Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus)
A                                      Em
Hopes it won't spark envy in your irises


Outro:

Bm
(Roses, roses, roses, roses)
Bm                          G
(Roses, roses, roses, roses)
Bm
(Roses, roses, roses, roses)
G
(Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses)