Roses And Cigarettes

Chords

Slack-Key Tuning

D                  G           D     
Plastered in your loose paper palace
G                            D
dishes and the back door slams
    G               A               D      Bm 
the dog's on your floor they don't roam anymore 
        E                          A-A7 
and the river has gone deaf at the dam

    D               G            D     
The dust falls like rain on your doorsteps
G                              D
chokes you when you lift your rake
        G        A            D             Bm 
aint no wine so sweet as the taste of your mouth
         E                          A-A7 
but your love aint the kind you can keep


Bm   A         E
Old roses and cigarettes
A     A/G#        Fm      A
pillowcase that remembers you
    Bm                  A             E
the scent of you still lingers on my fingertips
     A         A/G#        F#
till i think i might go insane
                      Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm Bm/C#
when will i see you again?


     D             G             D
I've seen how you look at the stranger
     G                            D
I've seen how you wait when he's gone
   G           A               D            Bm 
I told you I thought there was sin in your heart
           E                    A-A7 
could you honestly tell me I'm wrong?


Bm   A         E
Old roses and cigarettes
A     A/G#        Fm      A
pillowcase that remembers you
    Bm                  A             E
the scent of you still lingers on my fingertips
     A         A/G#        F#
till i think i might go insane
                      Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm Bm/C#
when will i see you again?


    D                 G                 D
He tells you that he needs you, he's a liar
    G                             D
he tells you he's a hero, he's a fool
    G               A             D              Bm 
he tells you he'll stay till the lord's breaking day
    E                         A-A7
and baby he aint nothing but cruel

Bm   A         E
Old roses and cigarettes
A     A/G#        Fm      A
pillowcase that remembers you
    Bm                  A             E
the scent of you still lingers on my fingertips
     A         A/G#        F#
till i think i might go insane
                      Bm E Bm E Bm E Bm E..... 
when will i see you again?