Thrown Down The Roses Chords

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Thrown Down The Roses by Kate Pierson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, E, Db, F#, Ebm and Abm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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B
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16
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B                         E 
I won't take a hit in the moshpit 
            Db 
I dont ever sit 
                F# 
Front row's for losers 
B                         E 
I won't ever pay to watch your band play 
              Db 
I need hair spray 
             F# 
Groupies for doers 

B                  E 
I don't wanna be a part of your song 
       Db 
I'm no hanger on 
    F# 
The melody's all wrong 
B                 E                    Db 
I dont wanna be a fender guitar played by a rock star 
F#    Ebm         E 
Don't string me along 

              F#                    Ebm 
I dont need a wrist-band to tell me who i am 
           E 
No need to clap your hand 
               F#                 Ebm                      E 
I don't need a microphone to tell you i'm better off being on my own 
                     F# 
And you hit the last note, and that is all she wrote 

B 
I don't stick around 
       Abm                   E 
I wont wait around for the ending 
                   F# 
I know the curtain closes 
B                          Abm                   E 
We already know there's an end to the show i'm making 
                      F# 
I'm throwing down the roses 

B                         E 
I can't ever be your girl VIP 
                Db 
Baby that ain't me 
           F# 
Im a crowd surfer 
B                      E 
i don't ever do rocker boys like you 
              Db 
I'm an artist too 
            F# 
I'm a show stopper 

B                  E 
I don't wanna be a part of your song 
       Db 
I'm no hanger on 
    F# 
The melody's all wrong 
B                 E                    Db 
I dont wanna be a fender guitar played by a rock star 
F#    Ebm         E 
Don't string me along 

              F#                    Ebm 
I dont need a wrist-band to tell me who i am 
           E 
No need to clap your hand 
               F#                 Ebm                      E 
I don't need a microphone to tell you i'm better off being on my own 
                     F# 
And you hit the last note, and that is all she wrote 

B 
I don't stick around 
       Abm                   E 
I wont wait around for the ending 
                   F# 
I know the curtain closes 
B                          Abm                   E 
We already know there's an end to the show i'm making 
                      F# 
I'm throwing down the roses 

( B  Abm  E ) 
( B  Abm  E ) 
( B  Abm  E ) 
( B  Abm  E ) 
( B  Abm  E ) 
( B  Abm  E ) 

                      F# 
I'm throwing down the roses 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante