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{Verse 1}
A
I can hardly bear the sight of lipstick,
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on the cigarettes there in the ashtray.
A
Lying cold the way you left them,
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at least your lips caressed them, while you packed.

{Verse 2}
A     D
And a lip print on a half-filled, cup of coffee,
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that you poured and didn't drink.
A      E
But at least you thought you wanted it.
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That's so much more, than I can say, for me.

{Chorus}
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But what a good year for the ro-ses.
E                  A
Many blooms, still linger there.
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The lawn could stand another mowing.
E                        A
It's funny, I don't even care.
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When you turned and walked away.
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And as the door behind you clo-ses.
A                     Bm
The only thing I know to say;
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It's been a good year for the ro-ses.

{Interlude}
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{Verse 3}
A
After three full years of marriage.
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It's the first time, that you haven't, made the bed.
A
I guess the reason we're not talking,
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there's so little left to say, we, haven't said.

{Verse 4}
A       D
While a million thoughts, go running through my mind,
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I find I haven't, spoke a word.
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And from the bedroom those familiar sounds,
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of our one baby's crying, goes unheard.

{Chorus}
A                        D
But what a good year for the ro-ses.
E                  A
Many blooms, still linger there.
A                            Bm
The lawn could stand another mowing.
E                   A
Funny, I don't even care.
A                          D
And when you turned you walked away.
E                          D   A
And as the door behind you clo-ses.
A                     Bm
The only thing I know to say.
E                             A  D
It's been a good year for the ro-ses.