No Roses

Em             C
I was born in a flood of tears.
Am                  G
My parents much too late in years.
        Em                   C
And the last of the cold was mine one day,
         Am                     G
But they left me in a forgotten place.

[Bridge]
   C                Am            G                  Am       G Em
My daddy was once a good boy, but he got lost in the dust.

[Chorus]
Em
Ain't no roses on my grave.
C
Put me in the cold cold ground.
Am
Meet me in the morning,
G                       A       G
And watch as the winter rain is falling.
Em
Ain't no roses on my grave.
C
Put me in the cold cold ground.
Am
Meet me in the morning,
G                       A       G          Em
And watch as the winter rain is falling... down.

[Verse 2]
Em              C
I was born on a flooded plain.
       Am                  G
From a rusted shack to the world I came.
        Em                 C
And the water rose and the weather veined.
  Am                  G
I spread my wings, my eyes a blaze.

[Bridge]
   C                Am            G                  Am       G Em
My daddy was once a good boy, but he got lost in the dust.

[Chorus]
         Em
Ain't no roses on my grave.
C
Put me in the cold cold ground.
Am
Meet me in the morning,
G                       A       G
And watch as the winter rain is falling.
Em
Ain't no roses on my grave.
C
Put me in the cold cold ground.
Am
Meet me in the morning,
G                       A       G
And watch as the winter rain is falling...

[Chorus 2]
C             Am
Hold me down, hold me down,
G
Beat me in the morning waves,
   Am               G
So all my sins have all been washed away.
C             Am
Hold me down, hold me down,
G
Beat me in the morning waves,
   Am               G        Am      Em
So all my sins have all been washed away.

[Verse 3]
Em                 C                G    Am
I went down to the river to wash my sins away.
       Em            C            Am         G         Am
But no water in that river and my tears fell down like rain.
        Em            C          Am           G     Am
Now the waters rising up above a shack on the dirty plain
   Em            C               Am           G         Am
My family on the roof top, Lord, I can almost hear them sing

[Chorus]
Em
Ain't no roses on my grave.
C
Put me in the cold cold ground.
Am
Meet me in the morning,
G                       A       G
And watch as the winter rain is falling.
Em
Ain't no roses on my grave.
C
Put me in the cold cold ground.
Am
Meet me in the morning,
G                       A       G
And watch as the winter rain is falling...

[Chorus 2]
C             Am
Hold me down, hold me down,
G
Beat my head under the waves,
   Am               G
So all my sins have all been washed away.
C             Am
Hold me down, hold me down,
G
Down beneath the deepest grave,
    Am       G        Am   Em
Let that rain wash my sins away
C       Am
Am
Down beneath the deepest grave,
G                         Em
Let the rain wash my sins away.

C       Am
Am
Beat me in the morning waves,
G                         Em
So all my sins have all been washed away.

C       Am
Am
Keep my head under the waves,
G                         Em
So all my sins have all been washed away.

C       Am
Am
Down beneath the deepest grave,
G                         Em
Let the rain wash my sins away.

Em              C
I was born in a flood of tears,
   Am               G       Am
My parents much too late in years.
   C                             G      Am          Em
My daddy was once a good boy but he got lost in the dust.