Roy Orbison

Flowers(Chords)

Roy Orbison

Key: C

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Capo on 3rd fret
	        
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 Alo-o-ong the wa-a-ay-a-a-ay-ay-ay

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