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The Poisoned Rose
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(N.C.)       Eb (x43121@3)   AbThe (xx1114@1)poisoned rose
                 Eb (x43121@3)  AbThat (xx1114@1)you gave to me
           Eb (x43121@3)  CIt (x32010@1)left me half alive
    F (133211@1)          Bb (x1333x@1)B9 (x2122x@1)Bb (x1333x@1)EbAnd (x43121@3)half in ecstasy
                        Eb7But (x32310@4)if half of your love
Ab7 (xx1112@1)        Adim7
Is all I can win
Eb (x43121@3)           C7Give (x32310@1)me just a fraction
    F7 (131241@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)     Eb (x43121@3)Ab7 (xx1112@1) EbBut (x43121@3)no more medicine

    BbBb+ (x1333x@1)  Eb (x43121@3)    AbThe (xx1114@1)poisoned rose
               Eb (x43121@3)  AbOn (xx1114@1)a Valentine card
              Eb (x43121@3)            CThat (x32010@1)you take straight to the heart
     F (133211@1)             Bb (x1333x@1) B9 (x2122x@1) Bb (x1333x@1) EbThat (x43121@3)you call my junkyard
                    Eb7But (x32310@4)if all I can do
Ab7 (xx1112@1)             F7is (131241@1)save pieces of you
                  EbThe (x43121@3)piece of your mind
                  Eb7 (x32310@4)  Ab7The (xx1112@1)piece of your heart
                Adim7
Didn't tear me apart
                       F7Like (131241@1)the poisoned rose
           Gm7          Bb7 (x13131@1) AbI (xx1114@1)received    from you

              Db9+11
I don't know
                     EbHow (x43121@3)we came to grow
          Bb (x1333x@1)     Eb (x43121@3)     F7Into (131241@1)this very sad affair

Everytime we do the decent thing
         B9 (x2122x@1)                Bb9Somebody (x1011x@1)   spikes the drink

And a single becomes a pair


(N.C.)       Eb (x43121@3)  Bb7The (x13131@1)poisoned rose
                      Eb7 (x32310@4)   Ab7That (xx1112@1)you wear at your best
            Eb (x43121@3)                C7That (x32310@1)I keep pressed between the white sheets
      F7 (131241@1)           Bb (x1333x@1)   B9 (x2122x@1) Bb (x1333x@1)  EbWhere (x43121@3)you lie half undressed

I threw away my shirt and shoes
    Eb7 (x32310@4)                  Ab7You (xx1112@1)looked and I dived in
                           F7It's (131241@1)just you and me now
                             Eb'Cause (x43121@3)I threw away the gin

I threw away your alibis
    Eb7 (x32310@4)                     Ab7And (xx1112@1)all your worn-out clothes

I threw myself upon the floor
    Adim7
But       I couldn't throw away
              Eb (x43121@3)   AbThis (xx1114@1)poisoned rose
              Eb (x43121@3)   AbThis (xx1114@1)poisoned rose
              (N.C.) EbThis (x43121@3)poisoned rose