Song With Rose

Elvis Costello

Key

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Gm F Em Dm

Verse 1

C Csus4 C

Between last breaths and first regrets

C Csus4 C

The days dragged on like cigarettes

C Csus4 C

In the distance martyrs and martinets

Gm F Em Dm

Dally, dancing with the empty silhouettes of threats

Verse 2

C Csus4 C

So, where but heaven does love end

C Csus4 C

And where on earth does it begin

C Csus4 C Gm

It's not the kind of love that is pinned

F Em G

Like a medal or presses pennies in a tin

Chorus

F G F C

There is hope, and after that, there is only faith

F C

Love like a wraith

Dm G

Never made me afraid

Fm C

Consoled as I was by that shade

Post-Chorus

F C G C

Here lie the roses in the ashes

F C G C

Deep as the barnacles that cling

F C G C Dm G

Just like a lace that runs through everyone and everything

Verse 3

C Csus4 C

In that other still forever

C Csus4 C

In that time before the past

C Csus4 C

I told myself we'd be together

Gm F Em G

Can you promise me that it will be eternally?

Chorus

F G F C

There is hope, and after that, there is only faith

F C

Love like a wraith

Dm G

Never made me afraid

Consoled as I was

Outro

N.C.

Consoled as I was

F C F C

Consoled as I was by that shade

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