ROSES ARE FREE - words and music by Ween
from the album Chocolate and Cheese
Aaron sent in this version of "Roses" to us. Thanks dude. I think it's
better than the one on OLGA. As well, I've added a small part that can
be played over or in place of the Eb chord in the verse. It is:
e|=====6========6========6========6====
B|===8===8====8===8====8===8====8===8==
G|=8========8========8========8========
D|=====================================
A|=====================================
E|=====================================
Roses Are Free
Bb F Eb
Take a piece of tinsel and put it on the tree
Bb F Eb
Cut a slab of melon and pretend that you still love me
Bb F Eb
Carve out a pumpkin and rely on your destiny
Bb F Eb
Get in your car and cruise the land of the brave and free
F Gm Ab A Bb
But don't forget to understand exactly what you put on the tree
F Gm Ab A Bb
Don't believe the florist when he tells you that the roses are free
Take a wrinkled raisan and do with it what you will
Push it into third if you know you're gonna climb a hill
Eat plenty of lasagna 'til you know that you've had your fill
Resist all the urges that make you wanna go out and kill
But don't forget to understand exactly what you put on the tree
Don't believe the florist when he tells you that the roses are free
carnival-like solo
E-|-------------12-13--15-13-12-13---18-17-15-13-15-13---------|
B-|-------14h15----------------------------------------16-15---|
G-|-14h15------------------------------------------------------|
D-|------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-17-18---------------------17h18-------------------------------------|
B-|-------17-18---------------------17h18-------------------------------|
G-|-------------18-19-14-15---------------18h19-14h15-------------------|
D-|---------------------------------------------------14h15p14----------|
A-|------------------------------------------------------------15h16p15-|
E-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|--5h6-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|------5h6-------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|----------6h7---------------------5-b-7---5--3--3-----5--3----5--3----|
D-|--------------7h8----------------------------------5-------5-------5--|
A-|------------------7h8p7-----------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------8b9r8-----------------------------------------|
distorted solo
E-|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
G-|------3-------3-------3----3-5--5b7---5-3--|--5--5-7--7-8--8-9--9-10--|
D-|--3h5---5-3h5---5-3h5---5------------------|--------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------|
little fill in the distorted solo end of the solo
Throw that pumpkin at the tree
Unless you think that pumpkin holds your destiny
Cast it off into the sea, bake that pie and eat it with me
***Version 2*** by Mike
e|=====================
B|=6====4========11====
G|=7====5======12==12==
D|=8====6====13======13
A|=====================
E|=====================
***Solo Version 2*** Tabbed by GABOU !!! (gabou@gabouprod.com)
Hi ! this is an update for those who wants to play the solo like they do live.. It goes like this :
E-|-------------------------6--5--3---3------------5h6-----------------5h6--------------------------------|
B-|--------------------5h6--x-------6----6--4--3---x----5h6----------------5h6----------------------------|
G-|----------------6h7---------------------------------------6h7---------------6h7------------------------|
D-|-----------7h8-------------------------------------------------7h8--------------7h8--------10br-8------|
A-|-------7h8--------------------------------------------------------------------------7h8p7--------------|
E-|---7h8-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Deaner also plays the second part like this :
E-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|---17b--17--15--15------15h17--15------15h17--15-------- X2 Then : -----------15------------15------------15-----15--17--|
D-|--------------------17-------------17-------------17-------------------15h17-----17--15h17-----17--15h17-----17----------|
A-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|--------------------|
B-|--------------------|
G-|--17b--17--15-------|
D-|--------------------|
A-|--------------------|
E-|--------------------|
h: hammer on
p: pull off
b: bend
br: bend and release
***Bass Tab*** by Geoffrey Dickens
w 4x q q q q q q q q q q q
||------||---r---||--||---------10-----|--r-----10-----|----------------
||--4:--||*--e--*||--||*--8--8------8--|--e--8------8--|--------10------
||--4:--||*--s--*||--||*---------------|--s------------|--8--8----------
||------||---t---||--||----------------|--t------------|----------------
Intro First Verse
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
10--|--r---------10--|-----------8--|-----------8--|-----------8--|-----
----|--e-----10------|--------8-----|--------8-----|--------8-----|-----
----|--s--8----------|--6--6--------|--6--6--------|--6--6--------|-----
----|--t-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----
q q q q 4x w w w w q q q q 3x
---------8---||-----|------|------|------||--------------------||-------
------8-----*||-----|------|------|------||*------------------*||-------
6--6--------*||--8--|--10--|--11--|--12--||*--13--13--13--13--*||-------
-------------||-----|------|------|------||--------------------||-------
Chorus
h h w w w w q q q q 3x h h
-------|-----|------|------|------||--------------------||--------------
-------|-----|------|------|------||*------------------*||--------------
13--13\|--8--|--10--|--11--|--12--||*--13--13--13--13--*||--13--13------
-------|-----|------|------|------||--------------------||--------------
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
-||---------10-----|--r-----10-----|------------10--|--r---------10-----
-||*--8--8------8--|--e--8------8--|--------10------|--e-----10---------
\||*---------------|--s------------|--8--8----------|--s--8-------------
-||----------------|--t------------|----------------|--t----------------
Second Verse
q q e e q q q e e q q q e e q q q e e
|--------------8--|--------------8--|--------------8--|-----------------
|--------8--8-----|--------8--8-----|--------8--8-----|--------8--8-----
|--6--6-----------|--6--6-----------|--6--6-----------|--6--6-----------
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
q 4x w w w w q q q q 2x q q q
8---||-----|------|------|------||--------------------||----------------
---*||-----|------|------|------||*------------------*||----------------
---*||--8--|--10--|--11--|--12--||*--13--13--13--13--*||--13--15--13----
----||-----|------|------|------||--------------------||----------------
Chorus
q q q q w w w w q q q q
----|-------------|-----|------|------|------||-------------------------
----|-------------|-----|------|------|------||*------------------------
15--|--13--15--13\|--8--|--10--|--11--|--12--||*--13--13--13--13--------
----|-------------|-----|------|------|------||-------------------------
3x h h q q q q 8x q q q q q q q
-||----------||-------r------r---||--||---------10-----|--r-----10------
*||----------||*------e--15--e--*||--||*--8--8------8--|--e--8----------
*||--13--13--||*--13--s------s--*||--||*---------------|--s-------------
-||----------||-------t------t---||--||----------------|--t-------------
Circus Solo Guitar Solo
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
---|------------10--|--r---------10--|-----------8--|-----------8--|----
8--|--------10------|--e-----10------|--------8-----|--------8-----|----
---|--8--8----------|--s--8----------|--6--6--------|--6--6--------|----
---|----------------|--t-------------|--------------|--------------|----
q q q q q q q q 4x w w w w q q
---------8--|-----------8---||-----|------|------|------||--------------
------8-----|--------8-----*||-----|------|------|------||*-------------
6--6--------|--6--6--------*||--8--|--10--|--11--|--12--||*--13--13-----
------------|---------------||-----|------|------|------||--------------
q q 3x q q h w w w w q q q
---------||--------------|-----|------|------|------||------------------
--------*||--------------|-----|------|------|------||*-----------------
13--13--*||--13--13--13--|--8--|--10--|--11--|--12--||*--13--13--13-----
---------||--------------|-----|------|------|------||------------------
q 3x h h w w w w q q q q 3x
-----||----------|-----|------|------|------||--------------------||----
----*||----------|-----|------|------|------||*------------------*||----
13--*||--13--13--|--8--|--10--|--11--|--12--||*--13--13--13--13--*||----
-----||----------|-----|------|------|------||--------------------||----
h h q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
--------|--------10-----|--r-----10-----|------------10--|--r-----------
--------|--8--8------8--|--e--8------8--|--------10------|--e-----10----
13--13--|---------------|--s------------|--8--8----------|--s--8--------
--------|---------------|--t------------|----------------|--t-----------
Third Verse
q q q e e q q q e e q q q e e q q q e
10--|--------------8--|--------------8--|--------------8--|-------------
----|--------8--8-----|--------8--8-----|--------8--8-----|--------8----
----|--6--6-----------|--6--6-----------|--6--6-----------|--6--6-------
----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------
e q 4x w w w w q q q q 2x q q
---8---||-----|------|------|------||--------------------||-------------
8-----*||-----|------|------|------||*------------------*||-------------
------*||--8--|--10--|--11--|--12--||*--13--13--13--13--*||--13--15-----
-------||-----|------|------|------||--------------------||-------------
Instrumental Chorus to fade out
q q h h w w w w q q q q
--------|-----------|-----|------|------|------||-----------------------
--------|-----------|-----|------|------|------||*----------------------
13--15--|--15^--15--|--8--|--10--|--11--|--12--||*--13--13--13--13------
--------|-----------|-----|------|------|------||-----------------------
3x h h
-||----------|----------------------------------------------------------
*||----------|----------------------------------------------------------
*||--13--13--|----------------------------------------------------------
-||----------|----------------------------------------------------------
**Tabbed by Aaron, first lead by Porter, solo by ???
Awesome Sound - Ween Guitar tabs (www.vaxxine.com/mtbhl/ween.htm)