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[Verse 1]
Am Fmaj7
Turn the key
Am Fmaj7
And step into the blackness
Am Fmaj7
Lamplight falls
Am Fmaj7
And casts a laughing phantom
Am Fmaj7
I imagine your smile
Am Fmaj7
And the life that we could share
Am Fmaj7
But with the last of my steps
Am Fmaj7
I see the truth lying there
[Chorus]
Dm G
Dead roses
C E7
At the bottom of an oubliette
Am Fmaj7
Where they beat you 'til you begged to live
G C
You are mine and you were always mine
Dm G
Now I'm crying over dead roses
C E7
I could never let them go
[Verse 2]
Am Fmaj7
A winged beast
Am Fmaj7
With horns upon his cranium
Am Fmaj7
Slinks away
Am Fmaj7
And grinning, makеs his way up
Am Fmaj7
I grasp the pieces of rose
Am Fmaj7
And your raven locks of hair
Am Fmaj7
I hear the turn of the key
Am Fmaj7
As I hiss my final prayer
[Chorus]
Dm G
Dead roses
C E7
At the bottom of an oubliette
Am Fmaj7
Where they beat you 'til you beg to live
G C
You are mine and you were always mine
Dm G
Now I'm crying over dead roses
C E7
I could never let them go
[Outro]
| Am | Fmaj7 | Am | Fmaj7 |
| Am | Fmaj7 | Am | Fmaj7 |
| Am | Fmaj7 | Am | Fmaj7 |
