Kiss from a rose (1994)    (video)    (midi)

 

            Em        D          E

    La la la la la, la la, la la.  (4x)

 

     E                                              C         D                 E

1.     There used to be a graying tower alone on the sea,

                 E            C                  D               E

    you became the light on the dark side of me.

                    E           D                   A                  E

    Love remains a drug thatīs the high, not the pill,

                           E                         Em

    but did you know that when it snows,

           C                   D                    C                     D                    E

    my eyes become large and the light that you shine canīt be seen.

 

      E                                  C                D                  E

Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray,

                 E                                 C            D       - E

ooh, the more I get of you the stranger it feels.

                               C               D

And now that your rose is in bloom,

    C                     D                 E

a light hits the gloom on the gray.

 

            Em        D          E

+  La la la la la, la la, la la.  (2x)

 

     E                                                C                 D                  E

2.     There is so much a man can tell you, so much he can say,

                 E           C                 D                 E

    you remain my power, my pleasure, my pain.

          E       C                                         D                               E

    Baby, to me youīre like a growing addiction that I canīt deny,

      E                                      C                  - D

    wonīt you tell me is that healthy, baby ?

                           E                        Em

    But did you know that when it snows,

           C                   D                    C                     D                    E

    my eyes become large and the light that you shine canīt be seen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      E                                  C                D                  E

Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray,

                 E                                 C            D       - E

ooh, the more I get of you the stranger it feels.

                               C               D

And now that your rose is in bloom,

    C                     D                 E

a light hits the gloom on the gray.

 

+ Em - D - E (2x)   + C - D - C - D

 

                      A                G                  D

+  Iīve been kissed by a rose on the gray. (3x)

 

                      A                G                  E

+  Iīve been kissed by a rose on the gray.

 

 

+ repeat verse 2    + CHORUS (2x)

 

                                       Em        D          E

+ Em - D - E        + La la la la la, la la, la la. 

 

     - - - - - - - - - - - - - (C)  - - - -  (D)

+ And now that your rose is in bloom,

       (C)   - - - - - -  (D)  - - - - - -  (E)

    a light hits the gloom on the grave.

 

(orig. = capo 3rd; midi = capo 4th)    (Seal)