Chords for Throw The Roses Away (1997) - Hall & Oates
Tempo:
157.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
G
Em
B
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B]
Words can never change
[G] what our hearts have denied
But [B]
all the sweet memories [E] won't bring the love back to life
[G] And the more that we try, the [D] more it's gonna make you see
No [A] words, hopes, anything will bring [Em] back life to [A] your [B] dream
All night, [G]
took me to learn, [B]
oh baby, baby, how to say
[D] This love just [E] won't work, just [G] falls in my eyes
[D]
Do I wanna go [A]
with [D] what's right?
[A]
It's gone, we've got to move on
You know that is [Em] the truth, [G]
so do [Em] I
Sad [D] look in his face, [A] we say, won't [Bm] make up once [B] we're dead
[Em]
Roll the [G] roses [A] away, [Bm] [Em]
roll the roses [A]
[Bm]
[A]
away
[B]
Don't need him anymore,
[G] gonna just make you cry
[B] If you let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, [D] babe
It'll give you some [E] peace of mind, [G]
only lonely for now
[D] But you come back, [A] baby, [D]
oh, [A] I don't know if I'll ever find someone [Em] like you
Oh [A] yeah, yeah
[D] Sad look in his face, [A]
we say, won't [Bm] make up once [B]
we're dead
[Bm] [Em]
Roll [G] the roses [A]
away, [B] [Em]
roll the roses
[A] away
[Em] [G]
[A] [B]
[G]
[A]
[B]
[G]
[B]
[D]
[E]
[G] Words [D]
in [G] my mind, [D] talk about [A] you to me [D] all the [F#m] time
Should that summer rose have such a [Bm] sad hole over [A] her
Sad [D]
[A] look in his face, we say, won't [Bm]
make up once [A]
we're dead
[Em]
Roll the roses [A]
away, [Bm] [Em]
roll the roses [A]
away
[F#] [Em]
[A]
Gotta [B] throw them down, hang it up, throw them down
Ain't no use, let it [Em] down, over it, nothing
Roll the roses [A] away, [F#m] roll [Em]
the roses [A] away
Oh, [F#m] we gotta look [Em] fast, [Bm] not enough [A] to make it last
Gotta [B] throw them down, hang it up, throw them down
Ain't no use
[G]
[A]
[G]
[A]
[Em]
[A]
[B]
[G]
[A]
[Em] [G]
[A]
[G]
[A]
[B]
[Bm]
[F#m]
[Em]
[A]
[Em] Don't you know, don't you [C#] know, don't you know, don't you know
[Em] Always [G] has always, [A]
[C#] [Bm]
[G#] I thought we were together
[Bm]
[F#m]
Together forever, [Em]
[F#m] things don't always work the way you want to, [D] baby
[E]
[G] [D] Oh, you gotta [C#m] change [D] your mind sometimes
[G] [A] Oh, sometimes
[Em]
[Bm] You gotta forget [A] about the soul, you know
[E]
Gotta lead with your [A] mind
[Em]
You gotta forget [G] about the soul [A] sometimes
What more [Em]
[B] [A] can [C#] I say?
[Em]
[G] What more can I [B] tell [C#] you to make you understand?
[Em]
Ain't no [A] use, ain't no use, baby
[E] [B] Throw them down, hang it up, throw them down
Roll the [A] roses away,
[Bm] roll the [A]
[Am] roses [G]
[E] away
You made me [A] feel like,
[E]
[Bm] you made me feel like [F#m] crying, baby
[E]
[B] You know the worst thing about it
[G]
[D] You know what the very, [Bm] very, very, very [Em] bottom line worst thing about it [D] is
[Em]
The irony of the whole thing is you
[A]
[Bm] Come on
I [A] still love [B] you
[G] [A]
[B] But it's so [G] hard
[F#m] But I still love [Em] you
[G] [F#m]
[C#]
[G] [A] And I just want you to know I still love [B] you
[Bm]
[A]
But I don't want to play with your [G] mind
[A] That I ain't right Come on
[B] Just, just let me know when you're done, girl
[G]
Roll the [G#] roses [A] away
[B] [Em]
Roll the roses [A] away
Roll the roses
[Em] Roll the roses [A] away Roses, roses
[F#m] Roll [Em]
the [A#] roses
[A] away
You
[F#]
[A#]
[F#]
[F]
[B]
[G#]
[A#]
[B] gotta throw them down
Throw them down Roll
[N]
Words can never change
[G] what our hearts have denied
But [B]
all the sweet memories [E] won't bring the love back to life
[G] And the more that we try, the [D] more it's gonna make you see
No [A] words, hopes, anything will bring [Em] back life to [A] your [B] dream
All night, [G]
took me to learn, [B]
oh baby, baby, how to say
[D] This love just [E] won't work, just [G] falls in my eyes
[D]
Do I wanna go [A]
with [D] what's right?
[A]
It's gone, we've got to move on
You know that is [Em] the truth, [G]
so do [Em] I
Sad [D] look in his face, [A] we say, won't [Bm] make up once [B] we're dead
[Em]
Roll the [G] roses [A] away, [Bm] [Em]
roll the roses [A]
[Bm]
[A]
away
[B]
Don't need him anymore,
[G] gonna just make you cry
[B] If you let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, [D] babe
It'll give you some [E] peace of mind, [G]
only lonely for now
[D] But you come back, [A] baby, [D]
oh, [A] I don't know if I'll ever find someone [Em] like you
Oh [A] yeah, yeah
[D] Sad look in his face, [A]
we say, won't [Bm] make up once [B]
we're dead
[Bm] [Em]
Roll [G] the roses [A]
away, [B] [Em]
roll the roses
[A] away
[Em] [G]
[A] [B]
[G]
[A]
[B]
[G]
[B]
[D]
[E]
[G] Words [D]
in [G] my mind, [D] talk about [A] you to me [D] all the [F#m] time
Should that summer rose have such a [Bm] sad hole over [A] her
Sad [D]
[A] look in his face, we say, won't [Bm]
make up once [A]
we're dead
[Em]
Roll the roses [A]
away, [Bm] [Em]
roll the roses [A]
away
[F#] [Em]
[A]
Gotta [B] throw them down, hang it up, throw them down
Ain't no use, let it [Em] down, over it, nothing
Roll the roses [A] away, [F#m] roll [Em]
the roses [A] away
Oh, [F#m] we gotta look [Em] fast, [Bm] not enough [A] to make it last
Gotta [B] throw them down, hang it up, throw them down
Ain't no use
[G]
[A]
[G]
[A]
[Em]
[A]
[B]
[G]
[A]
[Em] [G]
[A]
[G]
[A]
[B]
[Bm]
[F#m]
[Em]
[A]
[Em] Don't you know, don't you [C#] know, don't you know, don't you know
[Em] Always [G] has always, [A]
[C#] [Bm]
[G#] I thought we were together
[Bm]
[F#m]
Together forever, [Em]
[F#m] things don't always work the way you want to, [D] baby
[E]
[G] [D] Oh, you gotta [C#m] change [D] your mind sometimes
[G] [A] Oh, sometimes
[Em]
[Bm] You gotta forget [A] about the soul, you know
[E]
Gotta lead with your [A] mind
[Em]
You gotta forget [G] about the soul [A] sometimes
What more [Em]
[B] [A] can [C#] I say?
[Em]
[G] What more can I [B] tell [C#] you to make you understand?
[Em]
Ain't no [A] use, ain't no use, baby
[E] [B] Throw them down, hang it up, throw them down
Roll the [A] roses away,
[Bm] roll the [A]
[Am] roses [G]
[E] away
You made me [A] feel like,
[E]
[Bm] you made me feel like [F#m] crying, baby
[E]
[B] You know the worst thing about it
[G]
[D] You know what the very, [Bm] very, very, very [Em] bottom line worst thing about it [D] is
[Em]
The irony of the whole thing is you
[A]
[Bm] Come on
I [A] still love [B] you
[G] [A]
[B] But it's so [G] hard
[F#m] But I still love [Em] you
[G] [F#m]
[C#]
[G] [A] And I just want you to know I still love [B] you
[Bm]
[A]
But I don't want to play with your [G] mind
[A] That I ain't right Come on
[B] Just, just let me know when you're done, girl
[G]
Roll the [G#] roses [A] away
[B] [Em]
Roll the roses [A] away
Roll the roses
[Em] Roll the roses [A] away Roses, roses
[F#m] Roll [Em]
the [A#] roses
[A] away
You
[F#]
[A#]
[F#]
[F]
[B]
[G#]
[A#]
[B] gotta throw them down
Throw them down Roll
[N]
Key:
A
G
Em
B
D
A
G
Em
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Words can never change _ _
[G] _ what our hearts have denied _
But [B] _ _ _ _
all the _ sweet memories _ [E] _ won't bring the love back to life _
_ _ [G] _ _ And the more that we try, _ _ the [D] more it's gonna make you see _
_ _ No [A] words, _ _ hopes, anything _ will bring [Em] back life _ to [A] your _ _ _ [B] dream _
_ _ All _ _ night, _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ took me to learn, _ _ [B] _
_ _ oh baby, baby, how to say _
[D] _ This love just [E] won't work, _ _ just [G] _ falls _ _ in my _ eyes
[D]
Do I wanna go [A] _
with [D] what's right?
_ [A] _
_ It's gone, we've got to move on
You know that is [Em] the truth, _ [G] _
so do _ _ [Em] I
Sad [D] look _ in his face, [A] we say, _ won't [Bm] make up once [B] we're dead
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
Roll the [G] roses _ [A] away, _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _
roll the roses [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A]
away
_ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ Don't need him _ anymore, _ _
[G] _ _ gonna just make you cry _ _ _
_ [B] If you let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, [D] babe
_ It'll give you some [E] peace of mind, _ _ [G] _ _ _
only lonely for _ now
[D] _ But you come back, [A] baby, _ _ [D] _ _ _
oh, [A] _ I don't know if I'll ever find someone [Em] like you
_ Oh [A] yeah, _ yeah
[D] Sad look in his face, [A] _ _
_ we say, won't [Bm] make up _ once _ [B] _
we're dead
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ Roll [G] the roses [A]
away, _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _
_ roll the roses _
[A] away _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ Words [D] _
in [G] my _ mind, [D] _ talk about [A] you to me [D] all the _ [F#m] time _ _ _ _
Should that summer rose have such a [Bm] sad hole over [A] her _ _
_ Sad _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] look in his face, we say, won't [Bm] _ _
make up once [A] _ _
we're dead
_ _ [Em] _ _
Roll the roses _ [A] _
away, _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _
roll the roses [A] _
away
_ [F#] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ Gotta [B] throw them down, hang it up, throw them down
Ain't no use, let it [Em] down, over it, nothing
Roll the roses [A] away, _ _ [F#m] _ roll [Em] _
_ _ the roses [A] away
Oh, [F#m] we gotta look [Em] fast, _ _ [Bm] not enough [A] to make it last
_ Gotta [B] throw them down, hang it up, throw them down
Ain't no use
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Em] Don't you know, don't you [C#] know, don't you know, don't you know
_ [Em] Always _ [G] has always, _ [A] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [G#] I thought we were together
[Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ Together forever, [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] things don't always work the way you want to, [D] baby
[E] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] Oh, you gotta _ [C#m] change [D] your mind sometimes _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] Oh, sometimes
_ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Bm] You gotta forget [A] about the soul, you know
_ _ [E] _ _
Gotta lead with your [A] mind _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
You gotta forget [G] about the soul [A] sometimes
What _ more [Em] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] can [C#] I say?
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] What more can I [B] tell [C#] you to make you understand?
[Em] _ _
_ _ Ain't no [A] use, ain't no use, baby
[E] _ [B] Throw them down, hang it up, _ throw them down
Roll _ _ the [A] roses away, _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] roll the _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ roses [G] _
[E] away
You made me [A] feel like, _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Bm] you made me feel like [F#m] crying, baby
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ You know the worst thing about it
_ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ You know what the very, [Bm] very, very, very [Em] bottom line worst thing about it [D] is _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
The irony of the whole thing is you
[A] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ Come on
_ _ I [A] still love [B] you _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [B] _ But it's so [G] hard
_ _ [F#m] But I still love _ [Em] you _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [A] And I just want you to know I still love [B] you
_ [Bm] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ But I don't want to play with your [G] mind
_ [A] That I ain't right Come on
[B] Just, _ just let me know when you're done, girl
_ _ _ [G] _ _
Roll the [G#] roses _ [A] away
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _
Roll the roses _ [A] away
Roll the roses
[Em] Roll _ the roses [A] away Roses, roses
_ [F#m] Roll [Em] _ _
_ the [A#] roses _
[A] _ away _ _ _
You _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [A#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ _
_ [B] gotta throw them down
_ Throw them down _ Roll _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Words can never change _ _
[G] _ what our hearts have denied _
But [B] _ _ _ _
all the _ sweet memories _ [E] _ won't bring the love back to life _
_ _ [G] _ _ And the more that we try, _ _ the [D] more it's gonna make you see _
_ _ No [A] words, _ _ hopes, anything _ will bring [Em] back life _ to [A] your _ _ _ [B] dream _
_ _ All _ _ night, _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ took me to learn, _ _ [B] _
_ _ oh baby, baby, how to say _
[D] _ This love just [E] won't work, _ _ just [G] _ falls _ _ in my _ eyes
[D]
Do I wanna go [A] _
with [D] what's right?
_ [A] _
_ It's gone, we've got to move on
You know that is [Em] the truth, _ [G] _
so do _ _ [Em] I
Sad [D] look _ in his face, [A] we say, _ won't [Bm] make up once [B] we're dead
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
Roll the [G] roses _ [A] away, _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _
roll the roses [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A]
away
_ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ Don't need him _ anymore, _ _
[G] _ _ gonna just make you cry _ _ _
_ [B] If you let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, [D] babe
_ It'll give you some [E] peace of mind, _ _ [G] _ _ _
only lonely for _ now
[D] _ But you come back, [A] baby, _ _ [D] _ _ _
oh, [A] _ I don't know if I'll ever find someone [Em] like you
_ Oh [A] yeah, _ yeah
[D] Sad look in his face, [A] _ _
_ we say, won't [Bm] make up _ once _ [B] _
we're dead
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ Roll [G] the roses [A]
away, _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _
_ roll the roses _
[A] away _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ Words [D] _
in [G] my _ mind, [D] _ talk about [A] you to me [D] all the _ [F#m] time _ _ _ _
Should that summer rose have such a [Bm] sad hole over [A] her _ _
_ Sad _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] look in his face, we say, won't [Bm] _ _
make up once [A] _ _
we're dead
_ _ [Em] _ _
Roll the roses _ [A] _
away, _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _
roll the roses [A] _
away
_ [F#] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ Gotta [B] throw them down, hang it up, throw them down
Ain't no use, let it [Em] down, over it, nothing
Roll the roses [A] away, _ _ [F#m] _ roll [Em] _
_ _ the roses [A] away
Oh, [F#m] we gotta look [Em] fast, _ _ [Bm] not enough [A] to make it last
_ Gotta [B] throw them down, hang it up, throw them down
Ain't no use
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Em] Don't you know, don't you [C#] know, don't you know, don't you know
_ [Em] Always _ [G] has always, _ [A] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [G#] I thought we were together
[Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ Together forever, [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] things don't always work the way you want to, [D] baby
[E] _
_ [G] _ _ [D] Oh, you gotta _ [C#m] change [D] your mind sometimes _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] Oh, sometimes
_ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Bm] You gotta forget [A] about the soul, you know
_ _ [E] _ _
Gotta lead with your [A] mind _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
You gotta forget [G] about the soul [A] sometimes
What _ more [Em] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [A] can [C#] I say?
_ _ [Em] _ _
_ [G] What more can I [B] tell [C#] you to make you understand?
[Em] _ _
_ _ Ain't no [A] use, ain't no use, baby
[E] _ [B] Throw them down, hang it up, _ throw them down
Roll _ _ the [A] roses away, _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] roll the _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ roses [G] _
[E] away
You made me [A] feel like, _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Bm] you made me feel like [F#m] crying, baby
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ You know the worst thing about it
_ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ You know what the very, [Bm] very, very, very [Em] bottom line worst thing about it [D] is _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _
The irony of the whole thing is you
[A] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ Come on
_ _ I [A] still love [B] you _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [B] _ But it's so [G] hard
_ _ [F#m] But I still love _ [Em] you _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [A] And I just want you to know I still love [B] you
_ [Bm] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ But I don't want to play with your [G] mind
_ [A] That I ain't right Come on
[B] Just, _ just let me know when you're done, girl
_ _ _ [G] _ _
Roll the [G#] roses _ [A] away
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Em] _
Roll the roses _ [A] away
Roll the roses
[Em] Roll _ the roses [A] away Roses, roses
_ [F#m] Roll [Em] _ _
_ the [A#] roses _
[A] _ away _ _ _
You _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [A#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ _
_ [B] gotta throw them down
_ Throw them down _ Roll _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _