Scarlet Begonias

Chords

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E                                   B
As I was walking down rubadub square
      E                                     B
Not a chill to the weather but a nip to the air
A            E         A                    E  
From another direction she was caught in my eye
A              E         A                   E
It could be an illusion, but I might as well try
                B     B    B  B
..might as well try
E                                                  B
She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes
E                                              B
And I knew without asking she was into the blues
A                E        A               E
She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls
A            E            A              E     B   B   B   B
I knew right away she was not like other girls
F#       
Well I ain't never been right as I ain't never been wrong
   B                               A            E      E
As everything works out the way it does in this song
F# 
'Cause once in a while you get shown in the light
       B                          A          E      E
In the strangest of places if you look at it right

E
It was the summer of love and I thank the stars above
            B              A           E
Because the women took the lovin' over me
E
And just to gain her trust, I bought a microbus
          B           A        E
Because I sold off my personal property
  A                     E
A tight tie-dyed dress, she was a psychedelic mess
A                       E
We toured to the north, south, east and west
A
We sold some mushroom tea,
E
We sold some ecstasy,
A                            E
We sold nitrus, opium, acid, heroin and PCP
A                                  E
Now I hear the police coming after me
           A                            E
Yes, now I hear the police coming after me
A                        E
The one scarlet with the flowers in her hair,
      A                           E    E
She's got the police coming after me
E                                                   B
Well there ain't nothing wrong with the way she moves
E                                           B
All scarlet begonias and a touch of the blues
A                      E              A                  E
And there ain't nothin wrong with the love that's in her eyes
A                  E                A            E
I had to learn the hard way just to let her pass by.
             B
let her pass by.