Red Like Roses Uke tab by Jeff Williams

10 Chords used in the song: Bm, G, Em, A, Dm, F#m, C, Cm, Gm, F#

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Artist: 
Year:  2013
Difficulty: 
3.8
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords and Tablature
Pt 1 Chords:

Bm Bm Bm Bm
G G Em Em G G A A
Bm Bm Bm Bm
ooooohhhhh
G G Em Em G G A A
...hhhhhhhhhhh


Bm Bm G G
Red like roses fills my dreams and brings me to the place you rest.
Bm Bm G G
White is cold and always yearning, burdened by a royal test.
Dm Dm
Black the beast descends from shadows.
Dm Dm
Yellow beauty burns gold.


Pt2 Chords:

(Chords noted as "X|" are single strums only)

[Verse 1]
Bm Bm|
I couldn't take it, couldn't stand another minute;
Bm Bm|
Couldn't bear another day without you in it.
G G|
All of the joy that I had known for all my life
Em Em| F#m F#m| G G| Bm Bm|
Was stripped away from me the minute that you died.

Bm Bm|
To have you in my life was all I ever wanted,
Bm Bm|
But now without you I'm a soul forever haunted.
G G|
Can't help but feel that I had taken you for granted;
Em Em| F#m F#m| G G| Bm Bm|
No way in Hell that I can ever comprehend this.

Bm Bm
I wasn't dreaming when they told me you were gone,
Bm Bm
I was wide awake and feeling that they had to be wrong.
G G
How could you leave me when you swore that you would stay?
Em Em C C
Now I'm trapped inside a nightmare every single f'ing day.

Bm Bm
It's like a movie, but there's not a happy ending;
Bm Bm
Every scene fades black, and there's no pretending.
G G
This little fairy tale doesn't seem to end well,
Em Em C C
There's no knight in shining armor who will wake me from the spell.

Em Em Bm Bm
I know you didn't plan this;
Em Em Bm Bm| Bm Bm| Bm Bm| Bm Bm|
You tried to do what's right.
Em Em Bm Bm
But in the middle of this madness,
C C Cm Cm Gm Gm F# F#
I'm the one (I'm the one, I'm the one) you left to win this fight.

[Chorus]
Rest- one bar

Bm Bm
Red like roses
G G Em Em G G A A
Fills my head with dreams and finds me
Bm Bm
Always closer
G G Em Em
To the emptiness and sadness
G G A A (Bm Bm)
That has come to take the place of you.

[Verse 2]
Bm Bm|
I know you're broken down by anger and by sadness;
Bm Bm|
You feel I left you in a world that's full of madness.
G G|
Wish I could talk to you, if only for a minute;
Em Em| F#m F#m| G G| Bm Bm|
Make you understand the reasons why I did it.

Bm Bm|
I wanna tell you that you're all that ever mattered;
Bm Bm|
Want you to know that, for eternity, I'm shattered.
G G|
I tried so hard just to protect you, but I failed to,
Em Em| F#m F#m| G G| Bm Bm|
And in a prison of abandonment I've jailed you.

Bm Bm
I never planned that I would leave you there alone,
Bm Bm
I was sure that I would see you when I made it back home.
G G
And all the times I swore that it would be okay;
Em Em C C
Now I'm nothing but a liar, and you're thrown into the fray.

Bm Bm
This bedtime story ends with misery ever after,
Bm Bm
The pages are torn, and there's no final chapter.
G G
I didn't have a choice, I did what I had to do;
Em Em C C
I made a sacrifice, but forced a bigger sacrifice on you.

Em Em Bm Bm
I know you've lived a nightmare;
Em Em Bm Bm| Bm Bm| Bm Bm| Bm Bm|
I caused you so much pain.
Em Em Bm Bm
But, baby, please don't do what I did;
C C Cm Cm Gm Gm F# F#
I don't want (I don't want, I don't want) you to waste your life in vain.

[Chorus 2]
Bm Bm
Red like roses
G G Em Em G G A A
Fills my head with dreams and finds me
Bm Bm
Always closer
G G Em Em
To the emptiness and sadness
G G A A (Em Em)
That has come to take the place of you.

[Bridge]
Em Em Bm Bm
You're not the only one who needed me; I thought you understood.
Em Em Bm Bm
You were the one I needed, and you left me as I always feared you would
Em Em Bm Bm
Would I change it if I could?
G G Em Em
It doesn't matter how,
G G F#m F#m
The petals scatter now.
G G Em Em
Every nightmare just discloses
G G F#m F#m
It's your blood that's red like roses,
G G Em Em
And no matter what I do,
G G A A (Bm Bm)
Nothing ever takes the place of you.

(Verse chords under Solo)

[Chorus]
Bm Bm
Red like roses.
G G Em Em G G A A
Fills my head with dreams and finds me.
Bm Bm
Always closer,
G G Em Em
To the emptiness and sadness,
G G A A|
That has come to take the place......
G G|
...of...
Bm Bm|
...you.

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