I Threw Away the Rose
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I Threw Away The Rose
recorded by Hank Snow
written by Merle Haggard
 
G              C                G
Once I lived a life of wine and roses
      D7                            G
And I drank a lot back then for one concern
               C                   G
Success for me lay just around the corner
  A7                                               D7
I thought my social friends would help me make the turn
 
            G              C                G 
But now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses
  D7                           G
A victim of the drunken life I chose
                  C                       G
Now all my social friends look down their noses
        D7                               G          
Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose
 
                           C           G                
I stood by and watched the bottle take control of me
    D7                              G
The turn I made was not the one I'd planned
                        C              G 
And I watched my social standings slip away from me
        A7                             D7
While I watched the bottle slowly take command
 
            G              C                G
But now I'm paying for the days of wine and roses
  D7                           G
A victim of the drunken life I chose
                  C                       G
Now all my social friends look down their noses
        D7                               G                                 
Cause I kept the wine and threw away the rose 

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