The Sabre And The Rose by Kris Kristofferson, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

The Sabre And The Rose

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Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Among his songwriting credits are the songs "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night", all of which were hits for other artists. Kristofferson composed his own songs and collaborated with Nashville songwriters such as Shel Silverstein.

In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings

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[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Feet hit the ground, feet leavin' town
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Quicker than a bullet or a knife
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Fallin' ain't no fun when you're on the run
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Honey we was runnin' for our lives
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When Stagger Lee had drunk his fill of moonlight
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He turned his burnin' eyes upon my soul
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"It's time by God to spend this night with someone else" he said
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"Squeeze a little pleasure from the gold, love and glory but
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We can take it easy when we're old"

[Chorus]
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He said "we'll take us into town, lay our money down
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I'll bring you to the sweetest thing that grows
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Because the fairest ones in sight are bloomin' every night
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At a tavern called the Sabre and the Rose"

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We swang into the saddle slick as breathin'
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And slapped 'em once for pleasure with the reins
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The horses snorted frosty in the moonlight
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Somethin' dark was singin' in my veins
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Older than the voices in my brain

[Chorus]
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He said "this place you're gonna see is where they live and breathe
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And sink down a little bit deeper every day
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And sometimes at night when the wind is a-runnin' right
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You can hear it suckin' thirty miles away"

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Then the light was crimson and I found her
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All naked and eternal and insane
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Sacred as the mysteries around her like a veil
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Nothin' but her prison was profane
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All we had in common was our chains

[Bridge]
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Ah burn it down boys
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Burn it to the grounds boys, burn it on down yeah

[Verse]
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Feet hit the ground, feet leavin' town
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Quicker than a bullet or a knife
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All the way she ran holdin' to my hand
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Runnin' for the river and our lives
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Slidin' from the moonlight into shadows
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Silent as the river as it flows
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Swimmin' to the place they'll never find us
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All we left behind us was our clothes and the stories children
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Sing about the Sabre and the Rose

[Outro]
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