Papa's Roses by Pat Benatar
Album: Innamorata
Track 12
1997
Standard Tuning
No Capo
Chords:
A: x02220
E: 022100
F#m: 244222
C#m: x46654
D: xx0232
Bm: x24432
(To make it easier put a capo on the 2nd fret and replace the chords above G, D, Em, Bm, C & Am)
Intro: A E F#m x 3 C#m E F#m
Verse:
A E F#m
I picked a rose this morning
A E F#m
And it was so fresh it looked like it was crying
A E F#m
I thought how sad to be so beautiful
A E F#m
Only to wither and die
Chorus:
A E F#m
Like papa's roses, soft and pale
A E F#m
Like petals thrown in the dirt
A E F#m
Only silence is spoken here
D
All that grows here is hurt
E A E F#m A E F#m
And papa's roses
Verse:
A E F#m
Papa wasn't really a hardened man
A E F#m
He could be tender at times
A E F#m
I remember it was like a holiday
A E F#m
When he was gentle and kind
A E F#m
He gave those flowers his heart and soul
A E F#m
I wish he'd saved some for me
A E F#m
It would have been such a simple thing
D E
For me to be
Chorus:
A E F#m
Like papa's roses, soft and pale
A E F#m
Like petals thrown in the dirt
A E F#m
Only silence is spoken here
D E
All that grows here is hurt
D Bm E F#m D Bm D E
Verse:
A E F#m
Voices that whisper soft and low
A E F#m
Forever buried inside
A E F#m
Haunted by images dark and cold
A E F#m
Forever burned in your mind
A E F#m
But I dreamed I could fly away
A E F#m
Like an angel I'd fly
A E F#m
To a place where I could forget
D E
Forget that I was like
Chorus:
A E F#m
Like papa's roses, soft and pale
A E F#m
Like petals thrown in the dirt
A E F#m
Only silence is spoken here
D
All that grows here is hurt
E A
And papa's roses
A E F#m
Like papa's roses, soft and pale
A E F#m
Like petals thrown in the dirt
A E F#m
Only silence is spoken here
D
All that grows here is hurt
E A E F#m
And papa's roses
A E F#m
Papa's roses
A E F#m
Papa's roses
A E A