Rose-Colored Times

Chords:
G5     355xxx
B5     x244xx
A5     577xxx
C5     x355xx
(it’s ok if the above x’d strings get played, but they should not be emphasized; 
above chords are played very tightly)

C9     x32030
Gm7    x20002
Am7    x02010


G5         B5            A5       C5              G5      B5   A5   C5
Those were rose-colored times on rides with your eyes closed. 

G5         B5            A5       C5              G5         B5   A5  
Those were rose-colored times on rides with your eyes open wide. 
 
C5          G5           B5                A5        C5
Shabby tried to comb her hair with the gift from her grandma. 

 G5      B5               A5      C5
Her blood tangled she got halfway. 

G5         B5               
Sticky and powdered with dirt 

A5       C5                G5      B5       A5   C5
From the ground where her mama had left her, 

|----------------------------------|
|-----------3----------------3-----|
|---------0-----0---0------0-------|
|-------0---------0------0---------|
|-----3----------------2-----------|
|----------------------------------|
Had left    her,                            

|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------3----------------3-----------|
|--0---0------0-----0---0------0-----0---0---|
|----0------2---------2------2---------2-----|
|---------0----------------3-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
   Had left     her. 

G5         B5            A5       C5              G5      B5   A5   C5
Those were rose-colored times on rides with your eyes closed. 

G5         B5            A5       C5              G5         B5    
Those were rose-colored times on rides with your eyes open wide. 

           A5       C5
With your eyes open wide. 
 
G5    B5                   A5         C5
Rusty the screen door, she opened it. 

G5     B5              A5   C5
Raised from the ground. 

      G5         B5          A5        C5
Mama left me her ring. Mama left me no family, 

      G5        B5                 A5      C5
Just bar stools and boyfriends and whiskey and nighttime 

|----------------------------------|
|-----------3----------------3-----|
|---------0-----0---0------0-------|
|-------0---------0------0---------|
|-----3----------------2-----------|
|----------------------------------|
And bed-    time

|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------3----------------3-----------|
|--0---0------0-----0---0------0-----0---0---|
|----0------2---------2------2---------2-----|
|---------0----------------3-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
   And bed-     time

|-------------------------------------|
|-------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
|-----0-------0---0---0-------0---0---|
|---------4---------------------------|
|-------------------2-----3-----------|
|---0---------------------------------|  (3x)
  Bed-  time. 
(instrumental)
  Bed-  time.

|-----------------------2-----0-----|
|-------0-------0-------0-----3-----|
|-----0-------0---0-----0-----0-----|
|---------4-------------0-----2-----|
|-----------------------2-----3-----|
|---0-------------------0-----------|

     C9                  Gm7                 
I’ll go with the man who looks like my father. 
  
    Am7                        Gm7
The neighbors all tell me to go with him. 

               C9                          Gm7
He’d better take caution, he’d better take care of me. 

       Am7                       C9
‘Cause if he don’t he’d better beware of me. 

G5         B5            A5       C5              G5      B5   A5   C5
Those were rose-colored times on rides with your eyes closed. 

G5         B5            A5       C5              G5         B5    
Those were rose-colored times on rides with your eyes open wide. 

           A5       C5               G5     
With your eyes open wide, with your eyes open 

B5    A5    C5    G5     B5   A5   C5   
  Wide, wide, wide, wide. 

G5   B5   A5   C5   (2x)

|-------------------------------------|
|-------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
|-----0-------0---0---0-------0---0---|
|---------4---------------------------|
|-------------------2-----3-----------|
|---0---------------------------------|  (3x)

|------------------------------|
|-------0-------0-------0------|
|-----0-------0---0---0--------|
|---------4--------------------|
|-------------------2-----3----|
|---0--------------------------| 


Transcribed by Jocelyn Pierpont (jociep@hotmail.com)
https://www.angelfire.com/co3/trinity/lisa.html 

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