F Bb

[Verse 1]
Bb             Am
Only a few old petals left
       Bb                     Am
On the rose that touched your hand
Bb                   F
My little heart is a graveyard
       Bb       F
It's a no man's land

[Verse 2]
Bb
                        F
You could tell I didn't care,
Bb                       F
You kept pushing till I did
Bb                  F               Dm
Woke up in a pit of despair on your bed
     C
And I wondered how I could do without you
                       Bb          F
How absurd, how absurd, how absurd

[Verse 3]
Bb                     F
Put my lipstick back on,
Bb                    F
Look myself in the eye
Bb                     F         Dm
I'm heading out in the cold hard world
      C
And I'm getting very good at saying my goodbyes
       Bb           F
My goodbyes, my goodbyes
       Gm Bb        F
My goodbyes, my goodbyes

[Verse 4]
Bb               Am
Can you read the inscription?
Bb                    Am
It seems to once have said
Bb                     F
He better take me with him
Bb                       F
When he goes I'm good as dead

[Verse 5]
Bb
                             F
Put some roses on the stones,
Bb                        F
Look your friends in the eye
Bb                             F          Dm
If nothing else we've got that old second line
C
And I'll dance at your funeral if you dance at mine
          Bb                  F
You dance at mine, you dance at mine
           Gm Bb              F
You dance at mine, you dance at mine

[Verse 6]
Bb                               F
They took it all and I don't care,
Bb                      F
Already said my farewell
Bb                    F         Dm
Sweet Palmyra in that old Ninth Ward
C
Have to hit that long road that passes straight through hell
                Bb                     F
Straight through hell, straight through hell

[Coda]
          Gm Bb F
I wish you well sweet Palmyra
          Gm Bb F
I wish you well sweet Palmyra
          Gm Bb F
I wish you well sweet Palmyra