Tom: A
A D A
THEY SENT HIM TO ABA TO FIGHT IN A WAR
D A E
HE CAME BACK HOME CRAZY AND THEY ASKED HIM WHAT FOR
A D A
THEY HAD HIM COME TTED OH MEDALS AND ALL
D A E A
TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL WITH RUBBER WALLS
VERSE 2:
A D A
THEY CUT OFF THE FUNDING OH THEY CUT OF THE LIGHTS
D A E
HE HIT THE STDE T RUNNING THAT COLD WINTER NIGHT
A D A
NOW THE STDE TS AD THE ONLY PACE HE CAN CALL HOME
D A E A
HE SEEMS OH SO LONELY BUT HE'S NEVER ALONE
CHORUS:
A C#m D A
HE LIES THED HOLDING HIS WILD IRISH ROSE
D A E
THIS CRAZY OLD FOOL IN THE SMELLY OLD CLOTHES
A C#m D A
HE COULD HAVE HAD SOMETHING MUCH BETTER, GOD KNOWS
A D E A
THAN A HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF WILD IRISH ROSE
VERSE 3:
A D A
A BABY NAMED SCARLET WITH A UGHING BLUE EYES
D A E A
HAS BEEN IN HIS WALLET OH WAY BACK B NCE '65
D A
SO MUCH WAS FORGOTTEN OH SO F R BACK IN TIME
D A E A
WAY C WN IN THE BOTTOM OF A RIVER OF WINE
SPOKEN:
D A
YOU KNOW THEY FOUND HIM ON PARK STDE T, WEST 25TH
D A E
THEY CANT EVEN FIND A HEART BEAT LORD HIS FINGERS AD STIFF
A D A
JUST LIKE THEIR ALL FROZEN HE'S HOLDING HER TIGHT
D A E A
BUT THE HABIT OH ITS BROKEN THIS IS ROSES A ST NIGHT
CHORUS 2
A C#m D A
HE LIES THED HOLDING HIS WILD IRISH ROSE
D A E
BUT HIS SOUL'S IN A PACE WHED A DA L HERO GOES
A C#m D A
NOW HES GOT SOMETHING BETTER, MUCH BETTER, GOD KNOWS
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THAN A HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF WILD IRISH ROSE
