Misc Musicals – The Great Gatsby - Absolute Rose (Guitar)

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* Means Single Strum ;) [Intro] F F7 [Verse]
                   Fm7
You remind me of a rose

            Bb
An absolute rose
Or better yet
  Eb               C
A bud preparing to bloom

     Fm7                         Bb
This summer you will soak up the city

     Dm
The sunlight the sea

                        G7
Who knows what this new adventure will be
[Chorus]
         Cm
When you open

G
Open

Cm
Open up anew

                      F7
You'll be an absolute rose

       Bb        Eb
Once I cultivate you
[Post-Chorus]
C               F7      Bb
Jordan, meet my cousin, Nick Carraway
Jordan is an amateur golfer And a confirmed bachelor [Verse]
                              Fm7
You know what's grand about a rose?

                      Bb
Who are you calling a rose?

                       Eb
Is sometimes they look best

              C
When they are arranged
Here we go
           Fm7
You should see the trophies

     Bb
That hang on her walls

       Bb
So you know I've always had a thing

                G7
For swinging at little white balls
[Chorus]
         Cm        G
I should fling you together

       Cm                          Fm
Find a boat, push you right out to sea

         F7
Or maybe lock you in a room

                        Bb7
And see what happens to bloom
[Post-Chorus]
Fm7        Bb7      Eb        Ebm
Fun though this is, I'm going out tonight

Fm7       Bb7        Eb       C
Oh, women run around too much these days to suit me

F7           Bb7
Nick doesn't want a wife who traipses from golf tournaments to parties

                                                 Bb7
Better than a husband who travels with a pack of polo ponies

                                   Bb7
A man needs a wife who's more of a delicate flower
[Bridge]
Gb
  If I'm a rose
I'm a rose under glass Frozen at its pinnacle More cynical by the day
Gb7
I've been everywhere
Seen everything Done everything God, I've made it I'm so sophisticated
Ab
But look at you

Ab7
You are back from the war
Brave and victorious (Victorious)
                   Ab
With glorious days ahead
(Glorious days ahead) You're writing books
            Ab7
I'm selling bonds
(You're selling bonds)
         G7
Daisy, I hate it

           Gb7
No, you've made it

                      B
I swear, this all was fated
Dance with me, Nick [Break]
    B                 Gbm7                  B7
You altogether missed dancing with me at my wedding

E                      Db7
Why weren't you at our wedding?

Gbm7
I wasn't back from the war

Ab7
Ah, everyone's favorite excuse
[Outro]
         Dbm*
When you open

Ab7*
Open

Db*             Bbm*
Open up, you'll see

Gbm7*                 B7*
You'll be an absolute rose

       B*         E
Like I used to be