Elvis Costello & The Attractions – Good Year For The Roses (Guitar)

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Written by: Jerry Chesnut Music video performed by Elvis Costello & The Attractions Good Year for the Roses lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (C) 1981 Elvis Costello [Verse 1]
      A
I can hardly bear the sight of lipstick

              D
On the cigarettes there

       A
In the ashtray

A
Lyin' cold the way you left them

                           D
But at least your lips carressed them

          A
While you packed

       D
Or the 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
[Chorus]
                         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 have 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
It's the first time that you haven't

         A
Made the bed

A
I guess the reason we're not talking

                          D
There's so little left to say,

           A
We haven't said

        D
While a million thoughts go racing through my mind

                        A
I find I haven't said a word

         E7
From the bedroom the familiar sound

                                 A
Of our baby's crying goes un-heard
[Chorus]
                         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 have to say

E7                            A  D A/C# E7 A
It's been a good year for the ro-o-ses