Coming Up Roses (Elliott Smith)
Tune down (as usual) 1 full Step
Intro:| G | | Bb | F
| Em | | Eb | |
| D | | | | | | | | |
| A | 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 | 3 3 | | | | | 3 |
| F | (0)(0)(0)(0) | (0)(0)(0)(0) | 3 3 | 5 5 | 4 0 | 0 0 2 | 3 3 3 3 | 3 3 3h5 |
| C | 5 4 2 0 | 5 4 2 0 | 3 3 | 3 3 | 2 2 | 2 2 | 1 1 1 1 | 1 1 |
| G | | | 1 1 | 3 3 | 2 2 | 2 | | |
| D | | | | | | | | |
|Bb | C | Eb | Bb |C
| C/G |Eb/Bb | F |
| D | | | | | | | | |
| A | | 1 1 | | 3 3p1 | 1 1 1 1$ | | 4 4 4 | 1 1 1 1 |
| F | 3 3 | 0 0 | 3 2 3 | 3 | 0 0 0 0$ | | 3 3 4 | 2 2 2 2 |
| C | 3 3 | | 1 | 3 3 | 2 2 2 | | 1 1 1 | 3 3 3 3 |
| G | 1 1 | 3 3 | | 1 | 3 3 3 | | 1 | 3 3 3 3 |
| D | | | | | | 3 3 3 | | |
Bb C Eb
Bb
I'm a junkyard,... full of false starts,... and I don't need your permission.
C Eb Bb C
To bu---ry my love,... under this bare,... light bu---lb.
Eb Gm C Eb Gm C D7
Bridge 1: The moon is a sickle cell,... it'll kill you in ti------me.
Eb Gm C Eb D7
Your cold white brother riding your blood,... like spun glass in sore ey---es.
G Bb F Em
Eb
Chorus: While the moon does its division,... you're buried below.
Bb C Eb Bb
C C/G Eb F
And you're coming up ro---ses everywhe---re you go,... red ro--ses follow.
Solo: |Bb C (C/G) Eb Bb C Eb Bb C D# F
| D | |
| A | 8 6 8 6 8 6 8 6 6 5 6 5 |
| F | 7 5 7 5 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 5 7 7 5 7 5 |
| C | 8 5 8 5 8 8 5 7 8 8 7 8 |
| G | |
| D | |
Eb Gm C Eb Gm C
D7
Bridge 2: The things that you tell yourself,... they'll kill you in ti------me.
Eb Gm C Eb D7
Your cold white brother alive in your blood,... spinning in the
sky--.
G Bb F Em
Eb
Chorus: While the moon does its division,... you're buried below.
Bb C Eb Bb
C C/G Eb F
And you're coming up ro---ses everywhe---re you go,... red roses...
G Bb F Em Eb
Chorus II: So you got in a kind of trouble that nobody knows.
Bb C Eb Bb
C/G Eb F
It's coming up ro---ses everywhe---re you go,... red roses.
Outro: End on Chorus chords
Chords:
Bb: x1333x
F: x3321x
Em: X224xx
Em: x220xx
Eb/Bb: x1133x
C: x32010
C/G: 3x2010
G: 320033
Gm: 355333
D7: xx0212