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)