G
She doesn't know the man 
                      D
Who tries to push her wheelchair in the sand. 
    C
She just looks out to sea. 
             Em
He's talking endlessly. 

    G
Oh, why won't he shutup? 
         
I take my medicine 
  D
I crush the paper cup. 
    C
Oh, maybe he's my son 
                   Em
And he's coming to set me free. 


    G
She knows that she forgot 
               
That there's a story and she 
D
Can't recall the plot. 
   C   
Of course her family fought 
         Em
Over the furniture. 


    G
Oh, I don't know why they 
                  D
Have taken all my favorite things away. 
    C
But one thing left's for sure 
             Em
I don't know what they were. 


Am
They say a stone is a marker 
                G
And that it has weight. 
D
They say it's solid 
    D sus4       C
But it can deteriorate. 


    G
The air is like a hand 
                 D
Reminding her of all the things she's planned. 
     C
Like air that thought is gone 
         Em
Never to come again. 


   G
We came out to the beach
                      D
to find the mind I've lost and cannot reach. 
  C
I used to keep it here. 
            Em
It was much cleaner then. 


Am
They say a rose is a flower 
               G
And that it is red. 
D                       D sus4
It blooms, it grows, it wilts 
               C
And then it is dead. 


(Strum lightly for next two stanzas)

Am
They say a stone is a marker 
    G
And that it has weight. 
D
They say it's solid 
                 C  
But it can deteriorate. 


Am
They say a rose is a flower 
    G
And that it is red. 
D
It blooms, it grows,
               C
And then it is dead. 


    Am    D       G    
Oh, Ro----se Kennedy