You’re A Rose
Released in 1990 by Kitchenware Records
Transpose
INTRO (x3)
A
D
VERSE 1
It’s
A
Mister Blank calling, gorgeous
From the
D
slum which time ignores
Where
A
folks use razor blades for toothpaste
And every
D
breath is a holy war
A
Were you sleeping? Do you hate me?
I’ve been
D
dozing in the midnight sun
Now
A
I have solved all of my problems
Making the
D
many into one
The
C#m
good times are all
D
over
I don’t
C#m
care, it seems I
D
missed
them
But I
F#sus2
miss your smile, your
Bm7
laugh, your snore
Your
Esus4
fond contempt, your faithful rage
CHORUS 1
You’re a
A
rose
D
A
You’re a
A
rose
D
A
You’re a
A
rose
D
A
You’re a
A
rose
D
A
INTERLUDE
A
Dsus2
A
Dsus2
Bbmaj7
D9sus4
Bbmaj7
D9sus4
A
Dsus2
A
Dsus2
Bbmaj7
D9sus4
Bbmaj7
D9sus4
VERSE 2
You don’t
A
mind the queues, the burning trains
The
D
squalid, mute despair
You don’t
A
mind deceiving lovers
You ig
D
nore the stinking air
Well, now ac
A
cept you’re just a person
Not the
D
touchstone, not the face
Of the
A
ages past, their grandeur
And the death
D
wish of the master race
The
C#m
dawn sky is getting
D
bleaker
Our de
C#m
mise could not be
D
neater
And your
F#sus2
face hangs down be
Bm7
fore
me
Like a
Esus4
rootless flame; in awe I stare
CHORUS 2
You’re a
A
rose
D
A
You’re a
A
rose
D
A
On
A
fire
D
A
You’re a
A
rose in a
D
crown of
A
thorns
OUTRO/FADE
Well, I
A
think you’d better
D
hang
C
up on the
A
jerk
I
A
think you’d better
D
hang
C
up on the
A
jerk
I
A
think you’d better
D
hang
C
up on the
A
jerk
It’s been
A
too long,
D
too
C
long, too
A
long
From now
A
on there’s
D
only gonna
C
be one
A
way
A
One way
D
traffic
C
no
A
w
A
The door is
D
open, the
C
door is open
A
wide
Cause I
A
said so
D
C
A
Cause I
A
said so
D
C
A