Rose In Paradise

	  		Intro: D C G D 
verse 1 
D                         C 
She was a flower for the takin' 
G                          D 
Her beauty cut just like a knife. 
D                    C     
He was a banker from Macon.  
G                              D 
He swore he'd love her all his life. 

verse 2 
D                               C 
He bought her a mansion on a mountain, 
G                                 D  
With a floral garden and a lot of land. 
D                       C 
But paradise became her prison 
G                                 D 
That Georgia banker was a jealous man 

Chorus 
Bm                       G 
And every time he talked about her 
Bm                           G    A 
You could see the fire in his eyes   

...and he'd say... 

D                            C 
I would walk through hell on Sunday 
G                          D 
To keep my rose in paradise 

verse 3 
D                           C 
He hired a man to tend the garden 
G                                  D 
Keep an eye on her while he was gone 
D                        C 
Some say they ran away together 
G                             D 
Some say that gardener left alone 

verse 4 
D                     C 
Now that banker is an old man 
G                        D 
That mansions crumblin' down 
D                                   C 
He sits all day and stares at the garden 
G                             D 
Not a trace of her was ever found 

Chorus 
Bm                       G 
And every time he talked about her 
Bm                           G    A 
You could see the fire in his eyes   

...and he'd say... 

D                            C 
I would walk through hell on Sunday 
G                          D 
To keep my rose in paradise 

Verse 5 
D                               C 
Now there's a rose out in the garden 
G                             D 
It's beauty cuts just like a knife 
D                                     C 
Some say it even grows in the winter time 
G                              D 
And blooms in the dead of the night  

Outro: D C G D X 4 and fade