Roses Lotus Violet Iris Ukulele chords by Hayley Williams

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Verse 1:
Bm
I have seen your body
F#m
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?
     Bm
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  Bm
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                 E
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)


G|---0--0----0--0----0--0----0--0-|
C|-2-------2-------2-------2------|
E|--3----3--3----3--3----3--3----3|  x 2
A|----2-------2-------3-------3---|

(repeat G arpeggio until fade)