Intro: F Bb 

verse 1 
Bb             Am 
Only a few old petals left 
       Bb                     Am 
On the rose that touched your hand 
Bb                   F 
My little heart is a graveyard 
       Bb       F 
It's a no man's land 

verse 2 
Bb 
                        F 
You could tell I didn't care, 
Bb                       F 
You kept pushing till I did 
Bb                  F               Dm 
Woke up in a pit of despair on your bed 
     C 
And I wondered how I could do without you 
                       Bb          F 
How absurd, how absurd, how absurd 

verse 3 
Bb                     F 
Put my lipstick back on, 
Bb                    F 
Look myself in the eye 
Bb                     F         Dm 
I'm heading out in the cold hard world 
      C 
And I'm getting very good at saying my goodbyes 
       Bb           F 
My goodbyes, my goodbyes 
       Gm Bb        F 
My goodbyes, my goodbyes 

verse 4 
Bb               Am 
Can you read the inscription? 
Bb                    Am 
It seems to once have said 
Bb                     F 
He better take me with him 
Bb                       F 
When he goes I'm good as dead 

Verse 5 
Bb 
                             F 
Put some roses on the stones, 
Bb                        F 
Look your friends in the eye 
Bb                             F          Dm 
If nothing else we've got that old second line 
C 
And I'll dance at your funeral if you dance at mine 
          Bb                  F 
You dance at mine, you dance at mine 
           Gm Bb              F 
You dance at mine, you dance at mine 

Verse 6 
Bb                               F 
They took it all and I don't care, 
Bb                      F 
Already said my farewell 
Bb                    F         Dm 
Sweet Palmyra in that old Ninth Ward 
C 
Have to hit that long road that passes straight through hell 
                Bb                     F 
Straight through hell, straight through hell 

Coda 

          Gm Bb F 
I wish you well sweet Palmyra 
          Gm Bb F 
I wish you well sweet Palmyra 
          Gm Bb F 
I wish you well sweet Palmyra