Rose-Colored Times
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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,
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|-------0---------0------0---------|
|-----3----------------2-----------|
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Had left her,
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|--0---0------0-----0---0------0-----0---0---|
|----0------2---------2------2---------2-----|
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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
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And bed- time
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|--0---0------0-----0---0------0-----0---0---|
|----0------2---------2------2---------2-----|
|---------0----------------3-----------------|
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And bed- time
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|-----0-------0---0---0-------0---0---|
|---------4---------------------------|
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|---0---------------------------------| (3x)
Bed- time.
(instrumental)
Bed- time.
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|---------4-------------0-----2-----|
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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)
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|---------4---------------------------|
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|---0---------------------------------| (3x)
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|-------0-------0-------0------|
|-----0-------0---0---0--------|
|---------4--------------------|
|-------------------2-----3----|
|---0--------------------------|
Transcribed by Jocelyn Pierpont (jociep@hotmail.com)
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