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Rose In Paradise chords by Waylon Jennings

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  • A

Intro 1
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Verse 1
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She was
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a flower for the taking
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Her beauty cut just like a knife
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He was a banker from Macon
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He swore he'd love her
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all a his life
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He bought her a mansion on the mountain
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With a formal garden and a lot of land
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But paradise became her prison
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That Georgia banker was
a jealous man
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Verse 2
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Every time he'd talk about her
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You could see the fire in
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his eyes
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He'd say, "I would walk
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through Hell on Sunday
To keep my Rose in Paradise
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Verse 3
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He hired a man to tend the garden
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To keep an eye on her
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while he was gone
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Some say they ran away together
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Some say that gardener left alone
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Now the banker is an old man
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That mansion's crumbling down
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He sits all day and stares at the garden
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Not a trace of her was ever found
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Verse 4
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Every time he talks about her
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You can see the fire in his eyes
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He says, "I would walk through
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Hell on Sunday
To keep my Rose in Paradise
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Verse 5
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Now there's a rose out in the garden
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Its beauty cuts just like a knife
They say that it even grows
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in the winter time
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And blooms in the dead of the night
Outro 1
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