From the seminal 2011 album ?The Old Magic?. Best picked

Chords
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E         022100
Caug      x3211x
F#        244322
F#m       244222
F#m6      243222
F#m7      242222
B7        x21202
A         x02220
Emaj7     021100
E7        020100
Am/C      x32210


Riff1
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E ---------------|-----------------|
B ---------------|-----------------|
G ---------------|-----------------|
D ---------------|-----------------|
A ------0-->2----|-----------------|
E 2-->4----------|-----------------|


Verse 1
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       E
You've practiced and rehearsed it
    Caug                        F#m  F#m6  F#m7
But in your heart you know it's too late
   B7              /F#
Ex-perience should tell you
B7                /F#   A   E
   Never get your story too straight
      A
You'd better steel yourself
        Am       E                  F#
And pre-pare for   some blues to de-scend
             F#m
Cause you've broken something this time
B7                   E       F#m   B7
  Stoplight roses can't mend


Verse 2
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       E
You've dusted off your shame face
       Caug                       F#m  F#m6  F#m7
In the mirror behind the bathroom door
     B7         /F#            B7              /F#
That little-boy-lost look that used to work so well
        A   E
Doesn't any more
   A                         Am
If you believe your same-old used-to-be
     E       F#
Will see you through
       F#m                   B7                 E
You'll last about as long as    stoplight roses do


Refrain
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          F#m   riff  B7              E    Emaj7   E7
Stoplight roses          in their sad array
                  A               B7
Love's promise in cellophane lace
               E    Emaj7   E7
Or dead give-a-way
A                   Am
   You'll need time to devise
E            F#
   A stylish plan
           F#m
And you'll do it driving over to
B7                     E   F#m B7
   The stoplight roses man


Inst
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E   Caug   F#m   F#m6   F#m7
B7   /F#   B7  /F#   A   E


Out
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   A                    Am/C
And if you believe your same-old used-to-be
E               F#
   Will see you through
       F#m                  B7               E
You'll last about as long as stoplight roses do


E 7---4---2---0---------------0------|
B 9---5---4---2---2---0-------0------|
G ----------------4---1---2---1------|
D ------------------------4---2------|
A ----------------------------2------|
E ----------------------------0------|


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I hope I've done it justice!

Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
June 2014

watfordkev@gmail.com
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