Elvis Costello - The Poisoned Rose guitar tab

From: phillip@flagstaff.princeton.edu (Phillip Charles Saunders)

Subject: CRD: The Poisoned Rose, Elvis Costello

The Poisoned Rose

Spencerob@aol.com

(N.C.) Eb Ab

The poisoned rose

Eb Ab

That you gave to me

Eb C

It left me half alive

F Bb B9 Bb Eb

And half in ecstasy

Eb7

But if half of your love

Ab7 Adim7

Is all I can win

Eb C7

Give me just a fraction

F7 Bb Eb Ab7 Eb

But no more medicine

Bb Bb+ Eb Ab

The poisoned rose

Eb Ab

On a Valentine card

Eb C

That you take straight to the heart

F Bb B9 Bb Eb

That you call my junkyard

Eb7

But if all I can do

Ab7 F7

is save pieces of you

Eb

The piece of your mind

Eb7 Ab7

The piece of your heart

Adim7

Didn't tear me apart

F7

Like the poisoned rose

Gm7 Bb7 Ab

I received from you

Db9+11

I don't know

Eb

How we came to grow

Bb Eb F7

Into this very sad affair

Everytime we do the decent thing

B9 Bb9

Somebody spikes the drink

And a single becomes a pair

(N.C.) Eb Bb7

The poisoned rose

Eb7 Ab7

That you wear at your best

Eb C7

That I keep pressed between the white sheets

F7 Bb B9 Bb Eb

Where you lie half undressed

I threw away my shirt and shoes

Eb7 Ab7

You looked and I dived in

F7

It's just you and me now

Eb

'Cause I threw away the gin

I threw away your alibis

Eb7 Ab7

And all your worn-out clothes

I threw myself upon the floor

Adim7

But I couldn't throw away

Eb Ab

This poisoned rose

Eb Ab

This poisoned rose

(N.C.) Eb

This poisoned rose