Elvis Costello - Good Year For The Roses Chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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  I can hardly bare the sight of lipstick
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On the cigar - ettes there ...in the ashtray,
Asus2   A
Lying cold the way you left them,
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 But at least your lips ca - ressed them while you packed,
A7        D
    Or a lip print on a half-filled cup of coffee
           D4          D      A     Asus2 A
That you poured, and didn't drink,
         E7
But at least you thought you wanted it,
                                A          Asus2 A
That's so much more than I can say for me!


[Chorus]
        A7                D
What a good year for the roses,
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    Many blooms still linger there,
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The lawn could stand another mowing,   funny, ...I don't even care,
          A7               D    E                         D     A
As you turned to walk a - way,    as the door behind you clos - es,
          A7             Bm
The only thing I have to say,
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   It's been a good year for the ro - ses!  |  /  /  /  /  |


[Break]
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[Verse 2]
Asus2   A
After three full years of marriage,
Asus2      A                   D      A            Asus2 A
It's the first time that you haven't made the bed,
  Asus2       A
I guess the reason we're not talking
Asus2         A            D               A    Asus2 A
There's so little left to say, we haven't said,
A7            D        
    While a million thoughts go racing through my mind,
           D4     D      A     Asus2 A
I find I haven't said a word,
           E7
From the bedroom, the familiar sound
                          A             Asus2 A
...of a baby's crying ...goes unheard!


[Chorus]
        A7                D
What a good year for the roses,
E                             A    Asus2 A
   Many blooms still linger there,
                               Bm    E                         A
The lawn could stand another mowing,   funny, ...I don't even care,
          A7               D    E                         D     A
As you turned to walk a - way,    as the door behind you clos - es,
          A7             Bm
The only thing I have to say,
E                                 A    D       A/C#  E/B      A
   It's been a good year for the ro - ses-----------------!
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