RUGGED ROSES 
by the Gourds
Transcribed by Russell Kiel  rkiel@ia-sf.com
http://www.gourds.org

the bass fill is:

E------------
B------------
G------------
D------------
A-----542-02
E---0--------


[E]tell me with your [A]eyes in [D]silence let 'em [E]ring
[E]the precious humming of our [A]hearts in [D]silence let 'em [E]sing
[E]let our phantoms find their [A]places wher[D]ever that may [E]be
let [A]only the sound of [D]love dear echo [E]endless[A]ly for [C#min]you 
[D] [A]for [F#min]me    ****** Porter and Mike think this is really an F# (not minor)******

(chorus)
[continue the F#min]

i won't [D]wait a week and [A]pine for a [D]love that isn't [E]there
and we'll [D]watch the river [A]flow past pretty [D]flowers growing [E]there
in the [D]gravity it'll [A]spin past by [D]freely in the [E]wind
to find us [A]quiet in the [D]sunset [A]two old rugged [D]roses 
[A]planted [D]firmly by the [E]river [A]bed

[E]

let the flower petals fall like your long cascading hair
let the volume of your moans deny no passion in the hour
and from the center of my bones i'll kiss you often and with care
but not every kiss is always placed so keenly
for you for me

(chorus) x2
i won't wait a week and pine for a love that isn't there
and we'll watch the river flow past pretty flowers growing there
in the gravity it'll spin past by freely in the wind
to find us quiet in the sunset two old rugged roses 
planted firmly by the river bed

notes: 
if you capo the first five strings at the second fret leaving the low 
E string to ring freely, and transpose the chords to the key of D, 
it's easy to incorporate the bass line while playing the chords. try it.