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

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[Verse 1]
      A
I can hardly bear the sight of lipstick

              D                 A
On the cigarettes there in the ashtray
Lying cold the way you left them
                           D                     A
But at least your lips carressed them while you packed

      D
And a 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 know 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               A
It's the first time that you haven't made the bed
I guess the reason we're not talking
                          D               A
There's so little left to say, we haven't said

        D
While a million thoughts go running through my mind

                        A
I find I haven't said a word

         E7
From the bedroom the familiar sound

                                 A
Of our one 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 know to say

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