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I Threw Away The Rose - Cal Smith Chords

Chords: G, C, D7, A7

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Genre: country, folk, pop


"I Threw Away The Rose" - Cal Smith

Track 2 of 12 on the "Travelin' Man" (1968)

[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0i-q8Iyu2R0 [!]

[Intro]
G C G
D7 G

[Verse 1]
G C G
Once, I lived a life of wine and roses
D7 G
And I drank a lot back then for one concern
C G
Success for me lay just around the corner
A7 D7
I thought my social friends could help me make the turn

[Chorus]
N.C. G C G
And now, I'm paying for the days of wine and roses
D7 G
A victim of the drunken life I chose
C G
Now, all my social friends look down their noses
D7 G
'cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose

[Interlude]
G C G
D7 G

[Verse 2]
G C G
I stood by and watched the bottle take control of me
D7 G
The turn I took was not the one I planned
C G
And I watched my social standing slip away from me
A7 D7
As I watched the bottle slowly take command

[Chorus]
N.C. G C G
And now, I'm paying for the days of wine and roses
D7 G
A victim of the drunken life I chose
C G
Now, all my social friends look down their noses

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