Sublime – Scarlet Begonias Cover, Chords, and Lyrics

Baritone Ukulele Cover of Scarlet Begonias by Sublime

[Intro]
A 
 
[Verse 1]
   D                                 A
As I was walking down rubadub square
      D                                         A
Not a chill to the weather but a nip to the air
G                D       G                    D
  From another direction she was caught in my eye
G                 D        G                   D
  It could be an illusion, but I might as well try
              A
Might as well try
 
 
[Verse 2]
        D                                           A
She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes
      D                                          A
And I knew without asking she was into the blues
G                    D      G               D
  She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls
G               D            G              D
  I knew right away, she was not like other girls
            A
(Like other girls)
 
 
[Bridge]
              E
Well, I ain't never been right, as I ain't never been wrong
   A                           D
It seldom works out the way it does in this song (hey)
       E
'Cause once in a while you get shown in the light
       A                          D
In the strangest of places if you look at it right
 
E G A
 
 
[Rap Verse]
           G
It was the summer of love, and I thank the stars above
            A
Because the woman took the lovin' over me
    G
And just to gain her trust, I bought a microbus
          A
Because I sold up all my personal property
        G                         D
A tight tie-dyed dress, she was a psychedelic mess
   G                           D
We toured to the north, south, east and west
   G                          D
We sold some mushroom tea, we sold some ecstasy
        G                         D
We sold nitrous, opium, acid, heroin and PCP
          A
And now I hear the police coming after me
           A
Yes, now I hear the police coming after me
A
The one Scarlet, with the flowers in her hair
              A
She's got the police coming after me
 
 
[Verse 3]
            D                                          A
Well, there ain't nothing wrong with the way she moves
    D                                         A
All scarlet begonias and a touch of the blues
G                         D              G                  D
  And there ain't nothin' wrong with the love that's in her eye
G                    D        G                    D
  I had to learn the hard way just to let her pass by
             A
Let her pass by
A                        A
Oh, just to let her pass by
 
[Outro]
A

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