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Roses For The Damned chords by
Janis Ian
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Key: Db major•
Intro 1
C
C

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Verse 1
C
C

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Eb
Eb
6

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F
F

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One too many gone, one too many died
C
C

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All my heroes have been silenced
F
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C
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All the young men marching
Eb
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F
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off in two- four time

Dance to that righteous killer's
C
C

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cadence
Verse 2
C
C

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One too many gone,
F
F

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Eb
Eb
6

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laying wasted in the sand

Death's got no feeling for
C
C

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the brave

Crazed men hustling selling
Eb
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6

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guns and ammunition
F
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Bear your rifle, bear your burden,
C
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save your children
Verse 3

Mothers raise their sons for the sacrifice


Babies carry guns and dream

of paradise

Nectar and roses and soft
F
F

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dark Arabian nights

Dying for water, and no oasis in sight
C
C

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No mean day dream
Verse 4
Eb
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6

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bridal
F
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magazine

promises to wave a magic
C
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wand
C
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Advertising confidence,
Eb
Eb
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fourteen lesson eloquence
F
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Will teach you how to live beside
C
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the bomb
Verse 5
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Eb
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6

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High school fools rule,
F
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foam from the mouth

Keep you 'til you're old enough
C
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to buy
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Teachers talk of temperance,
Eb
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allegiance to coincidence
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snddocuments to recompense
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your pride
Verse 6

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No one calls on you to live,
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no one calls you to die

No one sends roses to
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crazy old ladies who lie
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in dark dusty rooms the size
C
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of a small foreign car
Cm
Cm
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Eb
Eb
6

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Sometimes you wonder where all
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Cm
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C
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the good people are
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Strangers
Verse 7

walk the streets in
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the summer heat

Tempers shorter than a
C
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baby's dryness
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Stepping on your shoes,
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Eb
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leaving mind and body bruised
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Ain't it easy now to kill someone
C
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for kindness
Verse 8

It'd make a man of any man who's
Eb
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old enough to cry
F
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Surely make a loser feel

at home
C
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Blessings on the children of
Eb
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the city when they die

One more overpopulation

gone
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C
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Verse 9
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Am
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You cannot walk the streets no more,
F
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C
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or live in town
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Am
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I always thought there'd be

somewhere to crawl
C
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when the sky fell down
F
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I'm watching my ho
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ri zon exploding
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C
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like a spring too tightly wound
C
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Silence is the only sound
Outro 1

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • C

  • Am

  • F

  • Eb

    6

  • Cm

    3

  • G

Capo: 1

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Roses For The Damned by Janis Ian is Db major.

The primary chords used in Roses For The Damned are Db, Bbm, Gb, Fb, Dbm, Ab.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 1 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Db, Bbm, Gb, Fb, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Roses For The Damned is approximately 105 beats per minute.

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