Bm 
I have seen your body 
A6 
And I have seen your beauty 
A          A7 
They are separate things 
Em 
Pretty, pretty, pretty things 
Bm 
But I am in a garden 
A6 
Tending to my own 
          A  A7 
So what do I care 
And what do you care  
     Em 
If I grow? 
If I grow 

Bm 
Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses 
G 
(Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses) 
A                                  Em 
Show no concern for colors of a violet 
Bm 
Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus 
G 
(Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus) 
A                                     Em 
Hopes it won't spark envy in your irises 

Bm 
Think of all the wilted women 
A6 
Who crane their necks to reach a window 
A          A7 
Ripping all their petals off just 'cause 
Em 
"He loves me now, he loves me not" 

( Bm ) 

I myself was a wilted woman 
Drowsy in a dark room 
Forgot my roots 
Now watch me bloom 

Bm 
Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses 
G 
(Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses) 
A                                  Em 
Show no concern for colors of a violet 
Bm 
Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus 
G 
(Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus) 
A                                     Em 
Hopes it won't spark envy in your irises 
     G 
(Irises) 

( G  D/F#  Em ) 

                  G 
And I will not compare 
      D/F#      Em 
Other beauty to mine 
      D/F#       G 
And I will not become 
    D/F#       Em 
A thorn in my own side 
      D/F#        G 
And I will not return 
     D/F#  Em 
To where I once was 
           D/F#                G 
Well, I can break through the earth 
         D/F#     Em 
Come out soft and wild 

Bm 
Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses 
G 
(Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses) 
A                                  Em 
Show no concern for colors of a violet 
Bm 
Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus 
G 
(Lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus, lotus) 
A                                     Em 
Hopes it won't spark envy in your irises 

( Em ) 

(Roses, roses, roses, roses) 
(Roses, roses, roses, roses) 
(Roses, roses, roses, roses) 
(Roses, roses, roses, roses, roses)