Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties – Rosa And Reseda chords

[Intro]

Bm G Bm G


[Verse 1]
                        D       Bm                           G           AWe used to smoke on the fire escape now we just smoke in the living room
       D              Bm                         GIn the plastic patio chairs that the last tenant left
  A       D              Bm                 GI came to Reseda for the cheap rent and the distant listless gloom
  A          D                   BmI answered a Craigslist ad for a roommate, Rosa was it

G  A


[Chorus]
G                       D        Bm AShe waits tables on the weekdays
G                      D    Bm APicks up any shift she can
 G                    D     A         BmI paint houses that I can't afford to live in
A        G                  A               BmScraping by with what we've got to pay the rent

G  Bm  G


[Verse 2]
                        D      Bm                            GWe used to smoke on the fire escape now we just smoke in the living room
      A            D                       Bm                   G     AAnd I play her the songs that I wrote last year when things got dim
        D                        BmAnd her boyfriend's a real great guy
                     GHe works down at the Jiffy Lube
A             DThey teach me Spanish at night
   Bm                          GWe eat what she takes from her shift


G   F#/G   G   F#/G


[Bridge]
A                          G                 AThey both think that I can be something if I try
                 G            AThey come out to all the open mics
             G                 Bm              A       GHe's looking around to help me find a van that I could buy

Gm

[Chorus]
G                       D        Bm AShe waits tables on the weekdays
G                      D    Bm APicks up any shift she can
 G                    D     A         BmI paint houses that I can't afford to live in
A        G                  A               BmScraping by with what we've got to pay the rent



[Bridge]
Bm                                  G             F#/G   G   F#/GAnd Mom wants to know how sunny California is
Bm                                                G        F#/G   G   F#/GSays the Island's been cold, it sounds like she's over it
Bm                                                   G              F#/G   G   F#/GTells me Catherine's moving home, her husband's been pretty sick
Bm                                          G               F#/G   G   F#/GThere's a Doctor they hope has better luck diagnosing him

G  F#/G   G

[Outro]
                        D      Bm                            G           AWe used to smoke on the fire escape now we just smoke in the living room
         D                           Bm               GWell the lease is up and we'll never see that deposit again
       D                  BmRosa's moving in with her boyfriend
             GI'm going to drive off somewhere new
          D                    BmWhen I so desperately needed a friend
           GRosa was a friend