Key: E major
Verse 1
Bb
You've practiced and rehearsed
Bbaug
Gbaug
But in your heart you know
Cm
Eb
It's too late.
F
Eb
F
Experience should tell you
Cm
Eb
Bb
Never get your story too straight.
Eb
You'd better steel yourself
Ebm
And pre pare for
Bb
Some blues to descend
C
Cm
'Cause you've broken
Eb
something this time
Fsus4
F
Bb
Stoplight roses can't
mend.
Cm
Verse 2
F
Bb
You've dusted off your shame face
Gbaug
In the mirror behind the bathroom
Cm
G
Cm
Eb
door.
F
That little- boy- lost look
Fsus4
That used to work so well
Eb
Bb
Doesn't anymore.
Eb
Ebm
If you believe your same- old used- to- be
Bb
C
Will see you through
Cm
You'll last about as long as
F
Bb
F
Bb
stoplight roses do.
Verse 3
Bb
Cm
F
Stoplight roses
Bb
In their sad array.
Eb
F
Love's promise in cellophane lace
Bb
Eb
Or dead giveaway?
Ebm
You'll need time to
Gbaug
Bb
de vise
C
A stylish plan
Cm
And you'll do it driving
F
over to
Bb
The stoplight roses man.
Interlude 1
Bb
Cm
F
Bb
Gbaug
Cm
Eb
Cm
F
Eb
Bb
Verse 4
Eb
And if you believe your
Ebm
Bb
same- old used- to- be
C
Will see you through
Cm
You'll last about as long as
F
F
Bb
stoplight roses do.
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