Bruce Cockburn – Call Me Rose (Guitar)

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My name was Richard Nixon only now I'm a girl

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You wouldn't know it but I used to be the king of the world

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Compared to last time I look like I've hit the skids

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Living in the projects with my two little kids

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It's not what I would have chosen

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Now you have to call me Rose

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I was the boss of bosses the last time around

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I lived by cunning and ambition unbound

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The suckers said they'd stand behind me right or wrong

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As if they thought that hubris was the mark of the strong

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I was an arrogant man

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But now I've got it in hand

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It’s not what I would have chosen

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Now you have to call me Rose

F        C
Call me Rose

F        C
Call me Rose

F                          C
It’s not what I would have chosen

G                        C
Now you have to call me Rose

F                      G                  C
My name was Richard Nixon only now I'm a girl

F                      G                  C
You wouldn't know it but I used to be the king of the world

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I'm back here learning what it is to be poor

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To have no power but the strength to endure

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I'll perform my penance well

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Maybe the memoir will sell

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It's not what I would have chosen

G                        C
Now you have to call me Rose

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Now you have to call me Rose