Flowers

	  		
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Intro ?  
 

  C       Dmadd4/C C       Dmadd4/C C       Dmadd4/C C       Dmadd4/C 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
e|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-| 
B|----2-------3---|----5-------3---|----2-------3---|----5-------3---| 
G|--2-------4-----|--6-------4-----|--2-------4-----|--6-------4-----| 
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
A|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------| 
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 

  C       Dmadd4/C C7      Dmadd4/C C       Dmadd4/C C7      Dmadd4/C 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
e|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-| 
B|----2-------3---|----5-------3---|----2-------3---|----5-------3---| 
G|--2-------4-----|--6-------4-----|--2-------4-----|--6-------4-----| 
D|2-------4-------|5-------4-------|2-------4-------|5-------4-------| 
A|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------| 
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 

Or (simplified, without capo) 
  C       Dmadd4/C C       Dmadd4/C 
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
e|0-------1-------|3-------1-------| 
B|1-------3-------|1-------3-------| 
G|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|  4x 
D|2-------0-------|2-------0-------| 
A|3-------3-------|3-------3-------| 
E|----------------|----------------| 



Intro (see above) 
| C  Dmadd4/C | C Dmadd4/C C | C  Dmadd4/C | C Dmadd4/C C | 
| C  Dmadd4/C | C7 Dmadd4/C C | C  Dmadd4/C | C7 Dmadd4/C C | 


Verse 
C            Em 
When I was a boy 
  F             G 
I ran among the flowers 
C                Am 
Looking left and right 
F              | G | % | 
At the bright array 
  C                  Em 
I played through the spring 
F               G 
Whiled away the hours 
C                 F             C     G7 
Lingered with the flowers ev'ry day 

 
C               D7       G7 
Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers 
          C 
Life's bouquet 
C               D7       G7 
Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers 
          C 
Along the way 


Interlude 
| C  Dmadd4/C | C Dmadd4/C C | 
| Db Ebm | Fm Ebm | 


Verse 
     Db         Fm 
When I became a man 
  Gb              Ab 
I felt the summer showers 
Db                Bbm 
When I learned to love 
  Gb              Ab 
I also learned to cry 
Db             Fm 
When I came to know 
    Gb            Ab 
The beauty of the flowers 
Db                 Gb             Db   Ab7 
I wondered why the flowers had to die 

 
Db              Eb7       Ab7 
Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers 
          Db 
Life's bouquet 
Db              Eb7      Ab7 
Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers 
          Db 
Along the way 



Interlude 
| Db Ebm | Fm Ebm | 
| D Em | F#m Em | 


Verse 
D               F#m 
When the summer ends 
        G                  A 
And the storms of life are over 
D               Bm 
When the winter comes 
        G            A 
And the petals fall away 
         D              F#m 
They may write it on my stone 
 G             A 
?He was just a rover 
       D                    G                 D     A7 
But he stopped to pick some flowers along the way? 

 
D               E7       A7 
Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers 
          D 
Life's bouquet 
D                  E7 
Flowers, pick some flowers 
 Em       A7  D       D#       | D | % | D 
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