From the seminal 2011 album ?The Old Magic?. Best picked
Chords
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E 022100
Caug x3211x
F# 244322
F#m 244222
F#m6 243222
F#m7 242222
B7 x21202
A x02220
Emaj7 021100
E7 020100
Am/C x32210
Riff1
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E ---------------|-----------------|
B ---------------|-----------------|
G ---------------|-----------------|
D ---------------|-----------------|
A ------0-->2----|-----------------|
E 2-->4----------|-----------------|
Verse 1
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E
You've practiced and rehearsed it
Caug F#m F#m6 F#m7
But in your heart you know it's too late
B7 /F#
Ex-perience should tell you
B7 /F# A E
Never get your story too straight
A
You'd better steel yourself
Am E F#
And pre-pare for some blues to de-scend
F#m
Cause you've broken something this time
B7 E F#m B7
Stoplight roses can't mend
Verse 2
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E
You've dusted off your shame face
Caug F#m F#m6 F#m7
In the mirror behind the bathroom door
B7 /F# B7 /F#
That little-boy-lost look that used to work so well
A E
Doesn't any more
A Am
If you believe your same-old used-to-be
E F#
Will see you through
F#m B7 E
You'll last about as long as stoplight roses do
Refrain
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F#m riff B7 E Emaj7 E7
Stoplight roses in their sad array
A B7
Love's promise in cellophane lace
E Emaj7 E7
Or dead give-a-way
A Am
You'll need time to devise
E F#
A stylish plan
F#m
And you'll do it driving over to
B7 E F#m B7
The stoplight roses man
Inst
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E Caug F#m F#m6 F#m7
B7 /F# B7 /F# A E
Out
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A Am/C
And if you believe your same-old used-to-be
E F#
Will see you through
F#m B7 E
You'll last about as long as stoplight roses do
E 7---4---2---0---------------0------|
B 9---5---4---2---2---0-------0------|
G ----------------4---1---2---1------|
D ------------------------4---2------|
A ----------------------------2------|
E ----------------------------0------|
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I hope I've done it justice!
Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
June 2014
watfordkev@gmail.com