Sonny Burgess

Tiger Rose

Sonny Burgess


Tom: D

Intro:   D    0:06

Verse 1
Tiger Rose let me read some prose to you,
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Just as long as it shows my love any verse will do.
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Honey, I could make you happy if you'd only let me, Heaven knows,
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  my, my Tiger Rose.  0:35

Verse 2
I went to work this morning on the local commuter train. 
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Stopped back early and I peeked through the window pane.
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There was a man eating from my refrigerator dressed up in my clothes,   
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  Why, why Tiger Rose?   1:01

Instrumental < verse chords >    1:28

Bridge
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Called out your name and I kicked down the front door,
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I grabbed him by my robe and wrestled across the floor.  1:40

Verse 3
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I told you weren't any better than all those other so and so's,
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Said, I wasn't any different than a thousand other Joe Blows.
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Love disappears so quickly, when it goes, it goes,
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  Why, why Tiger Rose?  2:06

Outro
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  Bye bye Tiger Rose,
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So long Tiger, I'm out of here baby.             2:23