Delicacy of a Rose Roger Creager
Intro G D C G C G D C D
[G]She gave it away on [D]good faith when [C]she was 15 years [G]old.
[C]He was 16 and [G]did not appreciate the [D]delicacy of a rose.
[G]A long string of lovers helped [D]blur the line [C]between true love and [G]lust.
[C]A teenage girl who?s[G] been sold short, [D]who?s she got left to [G]trust?
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[G]The cycle of sin she [D]found herself in [C]once the word got [G]out
[C]It broke her [G]heart to realize what [D]they were all about.
[G]After she gave [D]all she had they [C]didn?t treat her so [G]well.
[C]Each time she [G]went their way, [D]another petal [G]fell.
D C G Walk down
Sometimes life leads you down a road that you don?t choose.
[Em]You try so hard to [C]win but you still [G]loose.
[D]Bottle it all up inside where [C]nothing ever [G]grows.
[C]She built a ten foot [G]wall around what?s [D]left of a [G]rose.
I[G] have always b[D]een there when she?s c[C]ried a million t[G]ears.
[C]But I know why [G]she can?t see that [D]I?ve loved her for years.
[G]In the fertile s[D]oil of my hands I [C]know real love could [G]bloom.
[C]I would give up [G]everything to [D]bathe in her per[G]fume.
D C G Walk down
Sometimes life leads you down a road that you don?t choose.
[Em]You try so hard to [C]win but you still [G]loose.
[D]Bottle it all up inside where [C]nothing ever [G]grows.
[C]She built a ten foot [G]wall around what?s [D]left of a [G]rose.
BRIDGE
[Em]She?s been loved a time or[D] two
but I[C] don?t think she could[G] tell.
She?s[C] always been called[G] easy[C],
But [C]friend she?s hard [G]as[D] h[C]el[G]l.[C] [G] [D]
D C G Walk down
Sometimes life leads you down a road that you don?t choose.
[Em]You try so hard to [C]win but you [G]loose.
[D]Bottle it all up inside where [C]nothing ever [G]grows.
[C]She built a ten foot [G]wall around what?s [D]left of a [G]rose.
[C]She built a ten foot [G]wall around what?s [D]left of a [G]ro[D]se[C]. [G] [C] [D] [G]
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