Roses All Over

Intro 
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  Like any stupid   kid I was convinced I had what it   takes 
Em                         C             G        D      G 
  I said the worlds gonna know my name,   then I turned twenty-eight 
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  I wish Id been a tragedy, a glimpse of what could have been 
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  But theres a limit to just how long you can be a candle in the wind 
 

 
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  Do it fast Cause the harder you crash 
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  The bigger the splash becomes 
 

 
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  I might not be getting inside   some white mausoleum 
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  My bones may crumble to stone with grass growing over my name 
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  I might need a little more (Little more time) 
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I dont wanna leave (I dont wanna leave) 
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With nothing to show for the mess I made 
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I want roses all over my   grave 
 

 
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  Idve preferred the burning out to fading away 
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  Im older now than Ive ever been   and I came all this way 
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  Im so sick of this, I just wish I could fly, sure, Icarus died 
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But youve gotta think he loved it up by the sun 
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Knowing he was doing something no one had done 
 

 
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  How romantic to blow all your chances 
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Thinking you cant go wrong 
 

 
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  I might not be getting inside   some white mausoleum 
Em   Bm        C                     Am            D       G 
  My bones may crumble to stone with grass growing over my name 
G   D            C                        G 
  I might need a little more (Little more time) 
  D           C 
I dont wanna leave (I dont wanna leave) 
     Em         Bm           C 
With nothing to show for the mess I made 
       D                 G 
I want roses all over my   grave 
 

 
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  I dont need any reflecting pools 
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Or eternal flame (Whenever Im dreaming) 
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  But when Im dreaming I light the fuse bracing for the bang 
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  I wouldnt really have minded turning into a terrible shame 
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  If there were people in line to lay down roses all over my grave 
 

 
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  How romantic to blow all your chances 
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  Ashes to ashes, everythings gone 
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  If its true that the past is the past 
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Then why does it last so long? 

{Solo} 
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  I might not be getting inside   some white mausoleum 
Em   Bm        C 
  My bones may crumble to stone 
     C             D       G 
With grass growing over my name 
G   D            C                        G 
  I might need a little more (Little more time) 
  D 
I dont wanna leave (I dont wanna leave) 
     Em         Bm           C 
With nothing to show for the mess I made 
      Am         D             Em 
Maybe Ill still go out with a bang 
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And have roses all over my grave