Flowers

Tune your instrument a half step down 

Intro 
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It's amazing how life keeps fading 
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though you don't want it to 
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You hold on to the lies so long 
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you start to call it truth 
 

 
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But she is some kind of miracle 
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An optimist with a glass half full 
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A sober heart at the open bar 
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she colors in the darkest parts 
 

 
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the flowers, the flowers, are in her hair (in her hair) 
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the flowers, the flowers, are in her hair (in her hair) 
 

Interlude 
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In the belly of my white whale 
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I strike the only match 
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Am I telling my last tall tale 
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Or can I make this last 
 

 
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She's a tide across the ocean floor 
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My only wind when I had no more 
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A lonely sail rising from the core 
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I'll ride this to the shore 
 

 
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the flowers, the flowers, are in her hair (in her hair) 
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the flowers, the flowers, are in her hair (in her hair) 

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the flowers, the flowers, are in her hair (in her hair) 
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the flowers, the flowers, are in her hair (in her hair) 
 

 
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You came like a ghost in the night 
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and became my best surprise 
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You were the only light 
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that opened up these weary eyes 
 

 
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the flowers, the flowers, are in her hair (in her hair) 
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the flowers, the flowers, are in her hair (in her hair) 

    Bm           A            G      D     Bm A   G 
the flowers, the flowers, are in her hair (in her hair) 
    Bm           A            G      D     Bm A   G 
the flowers, the flowers, are in her hair (in her hair) 
 

Outro 
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