To Aunt Rose chords by Allen Ginsberg

SimplifiedF#m · A · E · C# · B …

Capo: No capo

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F#m
A
E
C#
B
Bm
G#sus4
Gdim

Verse 1
F#m 
A 
F#m 
 (F sharp minor)  (A major)  (F sharp minor) Donald
A 
F#m 
A 
F#m 
E 
A 
 (A major) Rose,  (F sharp minor) now    (A major) might  (F sharp minor) I see you  (E major) with your  (A major) thin face and
F#m 
E 
A 
buck  (F sharp minor) -toothed smile and  (E major) pain of  (A major) rheumatism
E 
A 
 (E major) and a long black heavy shoe for your bony  (A major) left leg,
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) limping down the long hall in
Newark on the running carpet
A 
past the black grand piano in the day  (A major) room,
C# 
F#m 
A 
F#m 
 (C sharp major) where the  (F sharp minor) parties were,  (A major) and I  (F sharp minor) sang
Spanish
boyless songs in a high squeaky voice,
hysterical.
The committee listening,
or who lived around the room,
collected the money.
Aunt
Honey,
Uncle
A 
Sam, a stranger  (A major) with a cloth
arm in his pocket,
E 
and huge, young, bald  (E major) head of
Abraham
Lincoln
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) Bri   gade.
E 
F#m 
 (E major) Your  (F sharp minor) long, sagged face,
A 
your tears of sexual  (A major) frustration,
F#m 
A 
 (F sharp minor) what smothered sob (A major) s and bony hips
under the pillows of
Osborne
Terrace.
B 
The time I stood on the toilet  (B major) seat,
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) na    ked,
A 
And you powdered my thighs with calamine  (A major) against the poison I ate,
F#m 
A 
my  (F sharp minor) tinkered and shamed first  (A major) black curled hairs.
F#m 
A 
What  (F sharp minor) were you thinking in  (A major) secret of art then,
knowing me, a man already?
And
C# 
F#m 
A 
 (C sharp major) I,    (F sharp minor) an ignorant girl,  (A major) a family silence on the thin pedestal
F#m 
A 
F#m 
A 
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) of my legs in the bathroom.  (A major)  (F sharp minor)  (A major)  (F sharp minor) 
A 
F#m 
 (A major) Hitler is in eternity, is  (F sharp minor) with
A 
Chamber (A major) lain and
Emily
Bronte.
F#m 
A 
Oh, I  (F sharp minor) see   you walking still,  (A major) a  ghost on
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) Os    borne
Terrace, down the long
dark hall to the front
A 
B 
A 
door, limping  (A major) along with a pinched smile in what must have been  (B major) the silken flower  (A major) dress,
welcoming my father,
B 
F#m 
 (B major) the poet,  (F sharp minor) on    his visit to
A 
Ne (A major) wark.
F#m 
See you arriving in  (F sharp minor) the living room,
E 
A 
dancing  (E major) on your crippled  (A major) leg and clapping hands as
F#m 
a woman had been accepted  (F sharp minor) by the
Demirite.
A 
F#m 
 (A major) Hitler is dead  (F sharp minor) and the
Marites are not a business.
A 
Bm 
 (A major) The attic of the past and ever (B minor) lasting
F#m 
A 
C# 
minute are  (F sharp minor) out   of  (A major) print.  (C sharp major) 
A 
 (A major) Uncle
Harry sews his last silk stocking.
E 
 (E major) Clare quit interpretive
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) dancing  school.
A 
Bubba set (A major) s a wrinkled monument.
F#m 
B 
old ladies  (F sharp minor) won't plead  (B major) for their
A 
G#sus4 
 (A major) new babies.  (G sharpsus4) 
A 
C# 
 (A major) Last time I saw you was  (C sharp major) the hospital,
C# 
A 
pale skull protruding under  (C sharp major) ashen skin,  (A major) blue -veined
C# 
unconscious  (C sharp major) girl in an oxygen tent.
The war in
Spain has ended long ago, at
Gdim 
A 
Gdim 
A 
Gdim 
Rose.  (Gdim)  (A major)  (Gdim)  (A major)  (Gdim) 
You