Poisoned Rose

T[N.C.]he poisoned [Eb]rose   [Ab]
That you gave to [Eb]me    [Ab]
It left me [Eb]half a[C]live
And [F]half in ecsta[Bb]sy  [B9]      [Bb]          [Eb]
But if half of your love[Eb7]
[Ab7]Is all I can [Adim7]win
[Eb]Give me just a [C7]fraction
But [F7]no more [Bb]medicine [Eb]     [Ab7]           [Eb]

The [Bb]poi[Bb]soned [Eb]rose    [Ab]
On a Valentine [Eb]card  [Ab]
That you take [Eb]straight to the [C]heart
That [F]you call my junk[Bb]yard [B9]      [Bb]           [Eb]
But if all I can do [Eb7]
[Ab7]is save pieces of [F7]you
The piece of your [Eb]mind
The piece of your [Eb7]heart  [Ab7]
Didn't tear me a[Adim7]part
Like the poisoned rose [F7]
I received [Gm7]   from you  [Bb7]        [Ab]

I don't know  [Db9+11]
How we came to grow  [Eb]
Into this [Bb]very sad [Eb]affair   [F7]

Everytime we do the decent thing
Somebody [B9]   spikes the drink [Bb9]

And a single becomes a pair

T[N.C.]he poisoned [Eb]rose  [Bb7]
That you wear at your [Eb7]best    [Ab7]
That I keep [Eb]pressed between the [C7]white sheets
Where [F7]you lie half un[Bb]dressed[B9]     [Bb]           [Eb]

I threw away my shirt and shoes
You [Eb7]looked and I dived in  [Ab7]
It's just you and me now   [F7]
'Cause I threw away the gin  [Eb]

I threw away your alibis
And [Eb7]all your worn-out clothes [Ab7]

I threw myself upon the floor
But [Adim7]      I couldn't throw away
This poisoned [Eb]rose   [Ab]
This poisoned [Eb]rose   [Ab]
This poisoned r[N.C.]ose   [Eb]