Date: 5/10/00; 11:23:53 AM
From: Arrowflngr@aol.com
Subject: Cactus and a Rose by Gary Stewart

Cactus and a Rose 
performed by Gary Stewart
Word and Music by Chips Moman and Bobby Emmons


[G] Sitting up here in this [D] New York townhouse [Em] decorated in [G7] 
greys and 

blues and [C] everybody knows love won't [C] for a [D] cactus and a [G] rose. 
 

When that [G] old wild streak be[D]neath my skin [Em] sets my craziness [G7] 
free 

again they'll [C] all say I told you [G] so. Love won't [C] grow for a [D] 
cactus and a 

[G] rose.  C  G

chorus
Cause I [G] still like to drink my [Em] beer and I [C] still love honky [G] 
tonks.  

Where the [Em] good ole girls will always dance with you when the [C] high 
falootin

women [D7] won't.  And I'm [G] locked into a [Bm] way of life I can't [C] 
give it up i 

[G7] know it makes me [C] sad  love [G] can't be had for a [D7] cactus and a 

[G] rose.   G Em C G Em C D7 G

[G] Sometimes falling [D] makes more sense than [Em] sitting in the middle of 
the 

[G] same old [G7] fence your gonna [C] loose either way [G] goes love won't 
[C] 

grow for a [D] cactus and a [G] rose.  So I'm [G] sitting up here in this [D] 
New York 

townhouse [Em] decorated in greys and [G7] blues and [C] everybody [G] knows 

love won't [C] grow for a [D] cactus and a [G] rose.

transcribed by Phillip Taylor.