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                         Stoplight Roses – Nick Lowe
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Tabbed by: pongr130
Beautiful song. Couldn't find it, so here it is.

E
You've practiced and rehearsed it
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But in your heart you know It's too late. 
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Experience should tell you 
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  Never get your story too straight. 
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You'd better steel yourself 
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And prepare for 
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Some blues to descend 
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'Cause you've broken something this time 
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Stoplight roses can't mend. 
 
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You've dusted off your shame face 
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In the mirror behind the bathroom door. 
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That little-boy-lost look 
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That used to work so well Doesn't anymore. 
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If you believe your same-old used-to-be 
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Will see you through 
       F#m                  B                E
You'll last about as long as stoplight roses do. 

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Stoplight roses 
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    In their sad array. 
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Love's promise in cellophane lace 
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       Or dead giveaway? 
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   You'll need time to devise
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      A stylish plan
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And you'll do it driving over to 
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       The stoplight roses man. 


       A                          Am
And if you believe your same-old used-to-be 
E                   F#
       Will see you through 
       F#m                   B               E
You'll last about as long as stoplight roses do.