Coming Up Roses
Tune 1/2 step down
F#: 244322 D: XX0232
A: X02220 B: 224442
E: 022100 Db: XX4121
Ebm: 111342 E*: 476454
Inrto: F# A E Ebm D
A B D A B D
Vs.1
A B
I'm a junkyard full of false starts
D A
And I don't need your permission
B D A B
To bury my love under this bare light bulb
Br.1
D A B D
The moon is a sickle cell
A B Db
It'll kill you in time
D A B D
Your cold white brother riding your blood
Db
Like spun glass in sore eyes
Chorus
F# A E Ebm D
While the moon does its division you're buried below
A B D A B
And you're coming up roses everywhere you go
D E*
Red roses follow
SOLO (over verse chords)
Br.2
The things that you tell yourself
They'll kill you in time
Your cold white brother alive in your blood
Spinning in the night sky
CHORUS (don't sing "follow" in the last line)
Chorus2
So you got in a kind of trouble that nobody knows
It's coming up roses everywhere you go
Red roses
End on Chorus chords
Solo:
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|-7p5------------| |-7-5-7-5----------|---------------|
|-----4b---------|Play 2x's |----------6---6p4-|-4-------------|
|--------7----4--| |------------------|----7--4--6--7-|
|----------------| |------------------|---------------|
|----------------| |------------------|---------------|
|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------6-----|--9-8----9p8-6---4---7-|
|-7-6-7--------|-----------------------|
|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|-----------------------|
Intro: There's a little riff over the F# chord in the intro
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|------------| Play twice
|-4--3--1----|
|----------4-|
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Elliott Smith - Coming Up Roses
Tabbed by Tony G (yeah@hehe.com)
* Tune one whole step down
* Some of these chords are easier to do one way (given
the progression) than the other at certain points in
the song so I included more than one way of doing
them, but you can use them interchangably.
EBGDAE EBGDAE
Bb 113331 or 688766
G 320003 or 355433
C x32010 or 335553
C/G 032003
D# 668886 E B G D A E
F 133211 or 8 8 10 10 10 8
Inrto:
E -----------------
B -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
G -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
D -5-4-2-0-5-4-2-0-
A -----------------
E -----------------
Bb C C/G D# Bb
C D# Bb C D# F
Verse 1
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Bb C
I'm a junkyard full of false starts
D# Bb
And I don't need your permission
C D# Bb C
To bury my love under this bare light bulb
Bridge 1
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D# G C D#
The moon is a sickle cell
Bb C D
It'll kill you in time
D# G C D#
Your cold white brother riding your blood
D
Like spun glass in sore eyes
Chorus 1
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G Bb C C/G D#
While the moon does its division you're buried below
Bb C D# Bb C
And you're coming up roses everywhere you go
D# F
Red roses follow
SOLO
----
* Play verse chords
* You'll have to listen to the song to get the rythm
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B -8-6---------8-6----------8-6-8-6-------------------------------6-5-6-5-----
G -----7-5---------7-5------8-8-8-7-7-7-5---5---------------7-7-5---------7-5-
D ---------8-5---------8-5----------------8---8-5-7-8-8-7-8-------------------
A ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bridge 2
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The things that you tell yourself
They'll kill you in time
Your cold white brother alive in your blood
Spinning in the night sky
Chorus 2
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So you got in a kind of trouble that nobody knows
It's coming up roses everywhere you go
Red roses
* End on Chorus chords