Coming Up Roses
Elliott Smith (self-titled)
standard D tuning (DGCFAD)
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riff1 riff2
D----------- -----------
A------1h3-- --3--2--3--
F--3-3------ --1--1--1--
C----------- -----------
G----------- -----------
D----------- -----------
t=10
Bb x13x3x Am x02210
Em 022000 Eb xx13xx
C x32010 C/G 332010
F 133211 C* x35x5x
Eb* x68x8x Bb* 688766
Eb/Bb 66504x C** 8tt988
Gm 355333 D/A 554x3x
G 320003 D xx0232
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intro
D--------------------
A--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--
F--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--
C----4-2-0-/4-4-2-0--
G--------------------
D--------------------
Bb Am Em Eb riff1 Bb C riff2 Bb C C/G Eb F
Bb C*
i’m a junkyard full of false starts
Eb* Bb*
and i don’t need your permission
C/G Eb/Bb Bb* /B C**
to bury my love under this bare light bulb
Eb/Bb Gm C/G Eb/Bb
the moon is a sickle cell
Gm C/G D/A
it’ll kill you in time
Eb/Bb Gm C/G Eb/Bb
your cold white brother riding your blood
D/A G
like spun glass in sore eyes
Bb Am Em Eb
while the moon does its division you’re buried below
riff1 Bb C riff2 Bb C
and you’re coming up roses everywhere you go
C/G Eb F
red roses follow
Bb C* Eb* Bb* C/G Eb/Bb Bb* /B C**
Eb/Bb Gm C/G Eb/Bb
the things that you tell yourself
Gm C/G D/A
they’ll kill you in time
Eb/Bb Gm C/G Eb/Bb
your cold white brother alive in your blood
D/A G
spinning in the night sky
Bb Am Em Eb
while the moon does its division you’re buried below
riff1 Bb C riff2 Bb C
and you’re coming up roses everywhere you go
C/G Eb D G
red roses
Bb Am Em Eb
so you got in a kind of trouble that nobody knows
riff1 Bb C riff2 Bb C
and you’re coming up roses everywhere you go
C/G Eb D G
red roses
Bb Am Em Eb riff1 Bb C riff2 Bb C C/G Eb F Bb