Like A Rose

	  		

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I was only 13 when daddy died 
D                                              A 
Mama started drinking and my brother just quit trying 
E 
I'm still bouncing back, heaven only knows 
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How I came out like a rose 


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Ran off with what's his name when I turned 18 
       D                                            A 
Got me out of SOuth Dakota, but it did not change a thing 
  E   
I left it in the yard, all covered up with snow 
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And I came out like a rose 


D 
Sitting in this diner with a coffee in my hand 
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Waiting on a bus to some promise land 
   E 
I got a one way ticket as far as it goes 
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And I came out like a rose 


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So I'm headed south to anywhere that ain't so damn cold 
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Where I can warm my heart and shake the chills from my bones 
   E 
It took a while to get here, it's been a long hard road 
                      A 
And I came out like a rose 


D 
Sitting in this diner with a coffee in my hand 
A 
Waiting on a bus to some promise land 
  E 
I got a one way ticket as far as it goes 
                      A     
And I came out like a rose 


   E 
It took a while to get here, it's been a long hard road 
                      A  
And I came out like a rose