| N.C. |
| Eb Ab |
| The poisoned rose |
| Eb | Ab | |
| That you gave to | me |
| Eb | C | |
| It left me | half | alive |
| F | Bb | B9 | Bb | Eb | |
| And | half in | ecstasy |
| Eb7 | |
| But if half of your love |
| Ab7 | Adim7 |
| Is all I can | win |
| Eb | C7 |
| Give me just a | fraction |
| F7 | Bb | Eb | Ab7 | Eb | |
| But | no more | medicine |
| Bb Bb+ Eb Ab |
| The poisoned rose |
| Eb | Ab | |
| On a Valentine | card |
| Eb | C | |
| That you take | straight to the | heart |
| F | Bb | B9 | Bb | Eb | |
| That | you call my | junkyard |
| Eb7 | |
| But if all I can do |
| Ab7 | F7 |
| is save pieces of | you |
| Eb | |
| The piece of your | mind |
| Eb7 | Ab7 | |
| The piece of your | heart |
| Adim7 | |
| Didn’t tear me | apart |
| F7 | |
| Like the poisoned rose |
| Gm7 | Bb7 | Ab | |
| I received | from you |
| Db9+11 |
| I don’t know |
| Eb | |
| How we came to grow |
| Bb | Eb | F7 | |
| Into this | very sad | affair |
| Everytime we do the decent thing |
| B9 | Bb9 | |
| Somebody | spikes the drink |
| And a single becomes a pair |
| N.C. |
| Eb Bb7 |
| The poisoned rose |
| Eb7 | Ab7 | |
| That you wear at your | best |
| Eb | C7 | |
| That I keep | pressed between the | white sheets |
| F7 | Bb | B9 | Bb | Eb | |
| Where | you lie half | undressed |
| I threw away my shirt and shoes |
| Eb7 | Ab7 | |
| You | looked and I dived in |
| F7 | |
| It’s just you and me now |
| Eb | |
| ’Cause I threw away the gin |
| I threw away your alibis |
| Eb7 | Ab7 | |
| And | all your worn-out clothes |
| I threw myself upon the floor |
| Adim7 | |
| But | I couldn’t throw away |
| Eb | Ab | |
| This poisoned | rose |
| Eb | Ab | |
| This poisoned | rose |
| N.C. | |
| Eb |
| This poisoned rose |