Roses

Bbm
I know it's past visiting hours
    F5+
But can I please give her these 
flowers?
           Bbm/Ab
The doctor don't wanna take 
procedures
                   Eb
He claim her heart can't take the 
anaesthesia
      B
It'll send her body into a seizure
                   Abm
That lil' thing by the hospital bed,
 it'll stop beepin
    Bbm
Hey chick, I'm at a loss for words
            Ebm/C            
What do you say at this time? 
   F7
Remember when I was 9?
Bbm
Tell her everything gon' be fine, 
but I be lyin'
           F5+
Her family cryin', they want her to 
live, and she tryin'
    Bbm/Ab
I'm arguin like what kind of doctor 
can we fly in
Eb
You know the best medicine go to 
people that's paid
B
If Magic Johnson got a cure for AIDS
Abm
And all the broke motherfuckers 
passed away
    Bbm
You telling me if my grandma's in 
the NBA
      Ebm/C         F7
Right now she'd be okay? But since 
she
           Bbm
Was just a secretary, worked for the
 church for 35 years
F5+
Things 'sposed to stop right here
                        Bbm/Ab
My grandfather tryin to pull it 
together, he's strong
       Eb
That's where I get my confidence 
from
            B
I asked the nurse "Did you do the 
research?"
          Abm
She asked me, "Can you sign some 
t-shirts?"
Bbm
Bitch, is you smokin reefer?
Ebm/C              F7
You don't see that we hurt? But 
still


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[Hook]
Bbm F5+      Bbm/Ab         Eb
I smile, when Rosie comes to see me
     B                 Abm     
And I can't wait for a sunny day 
                          Bbm
(seeing it through your eyes)
                   Bbm
Can't wait for the clouds to break


[Verse 2]
                      Bbm
They outside of the emergency room, 
room
                     F5+
You can feel my heartbeat, beat, 
beat
                          Bbm/Ab
If she gon' pull through, we gon' 
find out soon
                   Eb
But right now she asleep, sleep, 
sleep
                  B
My momma say they say she could pass
 away any day
Abm
Hey chick, what these doctors know 
anyway?
               Bbm
Let me see the X-rays, I ain't no 
expert, I'm just hurt
Ebm/C           F7
Cousin Kim took off of work
             Bbm
Plus my Aunt Shirley, Aunt Beverly, 
Aunt Clay and Aunt Jean
        F5+
So many Aunties we could have an 
Auntie Team
Bbm/Ab
Feel like Amerie, it's just "One 
Thing"
          Eb
When they said that she made it you 
see they eyes gleam
B
I think we at a all-time high
       Abm
To get there, we run, we fly, we 
drive
Bbm
Cause with my family we know where 
home is
       Ebm/C
And so instead of sending flowers
N.c
We're the roses


[Hook]
Bbm F5+    Bbm/Ab         Eb
I smile, when Rosie comes to see me
     B                 Abm     
And I can't wait for a sunny day 
                          Bbm
(seeing it through your eyes)
                   Bbm
Can't wait for the clouds to break
                 Bbm       
(Sung) Oh, Rosie brings the 
              Ebm/C F7
sunshine, oh
 Bbm


[Hook]
Bbm F5+    Bbm/Ab         Eb
I smile, when Rosie comes to see me
     B                 Abm     
And I can't wait for a sunny day 
                          Bbm
(seeing it through your eyes)
                   Bbm
Can't wait for the clouds to break


[Outro]
Bbm F5+  Bbm/Ab          Eb
I, smile, when Rosie come to see me
    B             Abm          Bbm
And I'm sad, when Rosie goes away
Ebm/C F7 Bbm                  
Oh Rosie brings the sunshine 
Ebm/C F7
(say)

Bbm
Can't wait, I can't wait, no
Bbm
Can't wait, I can't wait, no
Bbm       F5+
Can't wait, I, can't wait
Bbm/Ab         Eb          B
No, can't wait, for, for a sunny day
Ebm/C           F7        Bbm
Momma can't wait, for the clouds to 
break
Bbm       Ebm      Bbm
Mm mmm mm mm-mm mm-mm
Ebm/C F7    Bbm        Bbm
Oh oh oh oh no no, say
                Bbm
Tellin' you the truth now
N.c
Said I can't wait, uh-uh
N.c
I won't wait, no