Key: C
Introduction:
C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
C C7 C C7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Or (simplified, without capo)
C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Intro (see above)
C C7Dmadd4/C C C7Dmadd4/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
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
DEm F#mEm
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
Alo-o-ong the wa-a-ay-a-a-ay-ay-ay