I Threw Away the Rose Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Snow
I Threw Away The Rose
Recorded by Hank Snow
Written by Merle Haggard
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Once I lived a
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life of wine and
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roses
And I
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drank a lot back then for one
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concern
Success for me
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lay just around the
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corner
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thought my social friends would help me make the
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turn
But now I'm
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paying for the
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days of wine and
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roses
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victim of the drunken life I
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chose
Now all my social
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friends look down their
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noses
Cause I
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kept the wine and threw away the
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rose
I stood by and watched the
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bottle take
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control of me
The
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turn I made was not the one I'd
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planned
And I watched my social
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standings slip
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away from me
While I
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watched the bottle slowly take
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command
But now I'm
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paying for the
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days of wine and
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roses
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victim of the drunken life I
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chose
Now all my social
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friends look down their
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noses
Cause I
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kept the wine and threw away the
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rose
FAQ
Who sang the the song I Threw Away the Rose?
- The song I Threw Away the Rose was sang by Hank Snow.
Who is Hank Snow?
- Clarence Eugene "Hank" Snow (May 9, 1914 - December 20, 1999) was a Canadian-American country music artist. Most popular in the 1950s, he had a career that spanned more than 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. His number-one hits include the self-penned songs "I'm Moving On", "The Golden Rocket" and "The Rhumba Boogie" and famous versions of "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "Let Me Go, Lover!", "I've Been Everywhere", "Hello Love", as well as other top 10 hits.Snow was an accomplished songwriter whose clear, baritone voice expressed a wide range of emotions including the joys of freedom and travel as well as the anguish of tortured love. His music was rooted in his beginnings in small-town Nova Scotia where, as a frail, 80-pound youngster, he endured extreme poverty, beatings and psychological abuse as well as physically punishing labour during the Great Depression. Through it all, his musically talented mother provided the emotional support he needed to pursue his dream of becoming a famous entertainer like his idol, the country star, Jimmie Rodgers.As a performer of traditional country music, Snow won numerous awards and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The Hank Snow Museum in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, celebrates his life and work in a province where his fans still see him as an inspirational figure who triumphed over personal adversity to become one of the most influential artists in all of country music.
