Key: E major
Verse 1
A
You've practiced and rehearsed
Aaug
Faug
But in your heart you know
Bm
D
It's too late.
E
D
E
Experience should tell you
Bm
D
A
Never get your story too straight.
D
You'd better steel yourself
Dm
And pre pare for
A
Some blues to descend
B
Bm
'Cause you've broken
D
something this time
Esus4
E
A
Stoplight roses can't
mend.
Bm
Verse 2
E
A
You've dusted off your shame face
Faug
In the mirror behind the bathroom
Bm
F#
Bm
D
door.
E
That little- boy- lost look
Esus4
That used to work so well
D
A
Doesn't anymore.
D
Dm
If you believe your same- old used- to- be
A
B
Will see you through
Bm
You'll last about as long as
E
A
E
A
stoplight roses do.
Verse 3
A
Bm
E
Stoplight roses
A
In their sad array.
D
E
Love's promise in cellophane lace
A
D
Or dead giveaway?
Dm
You'll need time to
Faug
A
de vise
B
A stylish plan
Bm
And you'll do it driving
E
over to
A
The stoplight roses man.
Interlude 1
A
Bm
E
A
Faug
Bm
D
Bm
E
D
A
Verse 4
D
And if you believe your
Dm
A
same- old used- to- be
B
Will see you through
Bm
You'll last about as long as
E
E
A
stoplight roses do.
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