I Threw Away The Rose
Performed by : Merle Haggard
Recorded in the key of Ab
Tabbed By : Cowboynemo at Countrytabs.com
Play Song in Capo 1 G
[Instrumental]
G C G
Now all my social friends look down their noses
D D7 G
Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose
[Verse]
G C G
Once I lived a life...of wine and roses
D G
And I drank...a lot back then for one concern
C G
Success for me lay just...around the corner
A A7 D
I thought my social friends would help me make me turn
[Chorus]
NC G C G
But now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses
D G
A victim...of the drunken life I chose
C G
Now all my social friends look down their noses
D D7 G
Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose
[Instrumental]
G C G
Now all my social friends look down their noses
D D7 G
Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose
[Verse]
G C G
I stood by and watched...the bottle take con-trol of me
D G
The turn I made was not...the one I'd planned
C G
And I watched my social standings slip away from me
A A7 D
While I watched the bottle slowly...take command
[Chorus]
NC G C G
But now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses
D G
A victim...of the drunken life I chose
C G
Now all my social friends look down their noses
D D7 G
Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose
[Outro]
D D7 G G
Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose