From the seminal 2011 album ?The Old Magic?. Best picked Chords ====== 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 ===== E ---------------|-----------------| B ---------------|-----------------| G ---------------|-----------------| D ---------------|-----------------| A ------0-->2----|-----------------| E 2-->4----------|-----------------| Verse 1 ======= 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 ======= 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 ======= 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 ==== E Caug F#m F#m6 F#m7 B7 /F# B7 /F# A E Out === 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------| ----------------------------------------- I hope I've done it justice! Kevin O'Brien Watford England June 2014 watfordkev@gmail.com