Paint The Red Rose Blue chords by
Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Elvis Costello & The Imposters
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Key: D major•
Verse 1
D
D

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A

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D
D

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A

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D
D

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He was the youngest
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D
D

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A

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of five and the only son
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D

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He called his wife by a nick
F#m
F#m
2

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G
G

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A
A

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name as his father had done
Bm
Bm
2

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Not the root
F#m
F#m
2

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Not the branch
G
G

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D
D

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Not the flower or stem
Bm
Bm
2

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F#m
F#m
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He had the wildest of dreams but he
E
E

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A
A

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F#
F#
2

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Bm
Bm
2

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rarely remembered them
Verse 2
F#m
F#m
2

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Turn the red rose
G
G

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D
D

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G
G

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Paint the red rose blue
D
D

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What was he to do?
A
A

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F#
F#
2

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Bm
Bm
2

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But turn the red rose
Verse 3
D
D

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G
G

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D
D

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G
G

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Paint the red rose blue
D
D

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What was he to do?
Asus4
Asus4

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But turn the red rose
Interlude 1
Asus4
Asus4

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D
D

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A
A

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D
D

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A

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Verse 4
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D

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A

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The words that came to him
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D

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A

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Both the lies and the threats
D
D

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They ar rived all too easily
F#m
F#m
2

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G
G

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A
A

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But they ran up some debts
Bm
Bm
2

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F#m
F#m
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From the thunder of a pulpit
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D
D

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To the whispers of a lover
Bm
Bm
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F#m
F#m
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'Til they found that he could
E
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A
A

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n't tell one from the other
F#
F#
2

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Verse 5
Bm
Bm
2

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D
D

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Turn the red rose
G
G

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D
D

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G
G

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Paint the red rose blue
D
D

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What are we to do?
A
A

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Bbdim
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Bm
Bm
2

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But paint the red rose
Verse 6
F#m
F#m
2

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D
D

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Turn the red rose
G
G

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D
D

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G
G

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Paint the red rose blue
D
D

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What are we to do?
Asus4
Asus4

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But paint the red rose
A
A

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Verse 7
Bm
Bm
2

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Bbdim
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He haunted the shad ows
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D

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Bm
Bm
2

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Abdim
Abdim
6

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And waited until
A
A

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Bdim
Bdim

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They had secrets to sell him
E
E

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A
A

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F#
F#
2

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And some practical skill
Verse 8
Bm
Bm
2

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E
E

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A
A

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D
D

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Theatrical blood is convenient to spill
A
A

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Fdim
Fdim
3

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He turned on the light switch
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Ab
Ab
4

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and watched her undress
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Em
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Oh, you'd never guess
Bm
Bm
2

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F#
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Bm
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D
D

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Bb
Bb

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What came next, unless
Verse 9
Bbaug
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D
D

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A
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He said, "All of these hours
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that I've skulked in the shade
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F#m
F#m
2

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The sun never struck me
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A
A

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or made me afraid
Bm
Bm
2

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F#m
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G
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D
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Now she and I share un speakable pain
Bm
Bm
2

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F#m
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E
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I have to believe in something,
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Bbdim
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Bm
Bm
2

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in anything"
Verse 10
Bm
Bm
2

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D
D

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Turn the red rose
G
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D
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Paint the red rose blue
G
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D
D

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There's nothing left to do
A
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F#
F#
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Bm
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but paint the red rose
Verse 11
Bm
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2

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D
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Paint the red rose
G
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D
D

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Turn the red rose blue
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D
D

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Asus4
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D

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There's nothing left to do but paint the red rose,
Asus4
Asus4

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blue
Outro 1
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D

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TunerE A D G B E

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ChordsD A F#m G Bm...

  • D

  • A

  • F#m

    2

  • G

  • Bm

    2

  • E

  • F#

    2

  • Asus4

  • Bbdim

  • Abdim

    6

  • Bdim

  • Fdim

    3

  • Ab

    4

  • Em

  • Bb

  • Bbaug

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Chords

  • D

  • A

  • F#m

    2

  • G

  • Bm

    2

  • E

  • F#

    2

  • Asus4

  • Bbdim

  • Abdim

    6

  • Bdim

  • Fdim

    3

  • Ab

    4

  • Em

  • Bb

  • Bbaug

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Capo: No capo

Transpose: 0

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