I Threw Away The Rose chords by Porter Wagoner

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Once I lived a life of wine and roses and
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I drank a lot back then for one concern
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Success for me lay just around the corner
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I thought my social friends
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would help me make the turn

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Verse 2

But now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses

a victim of the drunken life I chose

Now all my social friends look

down their noses

'Cause I kept the wine and threw

away the rose

Interlude 1

Verse 3
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I stood by and watched the bottle
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take control of me
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The turn I made was not
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the one I'd planned
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I watched my social standings
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slip away from me

Verse 4
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While I watched the bottle
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slowly take command
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And now I'm paying for...
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Cause I kept the wine and
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threw away the rose