A  
I can hardly bare the sight of lipstick 
              D                 A 
On the cigarettes there in the ashtray 

Lying cold the way you left them 
                           D                     A 
But at least your lips carressed them while you packed 
      D 
And a lip print on a half-filled cup of coffee 
                           A 
That you poured and didn't drink 
         E7 
But at least you thought you wanted it 
                                       A 
That's so much more than I can say for me 
                        D 
What a good year for the roses 
E7                       A     
Many blooms still linger there 
                             Bm7 
The lawn could stand another mowing 
E7                    A 
  Funny, I don't even care 
                       D 
As you turned to walk away 
E7                       D   A 
  As the door behind you closes  
                         Bm7 
The only thing I know to say 
E7                              A  D , A/C# E7 , A , D/A , A  
  It's been a good year for the roses  

Verse 2. 
      A 
After three full years of marriage 
                              D               A 
It's the first time that you haven't made the bed 

I guess the reason we're not talking 
                          D               A 
There's so little left to say, we haven't said 
        D         
While a million thoughts go running through my mind 
                        A 
I find I haven't said a word 
         E7 
From the bedroom the familiar sound 
                                 A   
Of our one baby's crying goes un-heard 
                        D 
What a good year for the roses 
E7                       A     
Many blooms still linger there 
                             Bm7 
The lawn could stand another mowing 
E7                    A 
  Funny, I don't even care 
                       D 
As you turned to walk away 
E7                       D   A 
  As the door behind you closes  
                         Bm7 
The only thing I know to say 
E7                              A   D  A/C# E7 , A  
  It's been a good year for the ro- o- ses