Between The Roses Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays457

Between The Roses by Saywecanfly is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, D, G, Em and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C
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        C                             D 
If you ever feel like I did when you slip between the cracks 
      G                                   Em 
Maybe then you’ll see how nothing stays in tact 
   C                           D 
And when my life is over maybe you can understand 
                    G                          Em 
That I planned everything, but nothing went as planned 
             Am                    D     (stop) 
It’s nothing personal, I just want you to know 
                G 
I tried to understand 

G Em Am D G D (x2) 

D            G                           Em 
You tortured me with the silence in your throat 
                 Am                            D 
And you tortured me with the stillness in your bones 
               G                        Em 
You kicked the chair from underneath my feet 
                       Am                                 D       
You must have seen the noose made out of roses that I wore to guarantee 
                  G                     Em                    
That you couldn’t go, that you wouldn’t leave me all alone  
             Am                             D                      
Cause if you did, you’d see my body hanging just above the floor 
         G                           Em                      
Beside a note, to tell the world how terrible it was 
           Am                           Em                         
To fall in love with someone capable of cutting out my tongue,  
   C                  D              G            
Of cutting out my, of cutting out my tongue 

                 D                            Em   
So did you just forget, or do you really not remember 
                    C                           G         
The bullets that we took so we could stay alive forever 
                 D                            Em          
And did you just forget, or do you really not remember 
                   C      (stop)                          G     
The poison that we drank, so that at least we’d die together 

Em Am D G D   

G    D          G               Em      
It’s comforting to fall asleep alone 
          Am                                    D          
And it’s comforting because it’s all I’ve ever known 
            G            Em    
If I should die before I wake 
          Am                              D      
I pray to God my soul will find a peaceful place 
            G                  Em     
Between the roses, between the roses 
            Am                          D       
Because the earth is only pretty for so long 
            G                  Em      
Between the roses, between the roses 
             C              Am           D         G 
You were the only one I’ll trust to sing along 
   Em               D              G       
To sing between the roses, sing my song 

                 D                            Em   
So did you just forget, or do you really not remember 
                    C                           G         
The bullets that we took so we could stay alive forever 
                 D                            Em          
And did you just forget, or do you really not remember 
                   C      (stop)                          G     
The poison that we drank, so that at least we’d die together 

G                                           
As the sun went down, our hearts were heavy 
Em                                           
We knew it was time, but I was not ready 
Am                           
To let you go, to say goodbye 
D                                    
To a love I thought would never die 
G                                           
You were quiet as hell and you looked so sad 
     Em                                
As I kissed your lips with my regrets 
Am                                       
In hopes that maybe we’d pretend 
D                        (stop)        
Forever never had to end 

G                        
La, la, la, la, la 
Em                               
La, la, la, la, la la la la 
  Am                     
That maybe we'd pretend 
 D                                      (strum slowly over all strings)  
Our hope had died, but our love’s not dead 

   C                                      D                             
So grab your black umbrella and make your way down to the graveyard 
             G                                  Em          
Where you’ll find the tree to which I tied this rope 
    C                                  D                    
And nothing is for certain, that’s the only thing I know 
        G                                Em    
But I’m certain that it’s time for me to go 
                Am               D       
It’s nothing personal, it simply hurts to know 
               G     
That I will be alone 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante