Intro (see above)
| CDmadd4/C | CDmadd4/CC | CDmadd4/C | CDmadd4/CC |
| CDmadd4/C | C7Dmadd4/CC | CDmadd4/C | C7Dmadd4/CC |
Verse CEm
When I was a boy
FG
I ran among the flowers
CAm
Looking left and right
F | G | % |
At the bright array
CEm
I played through the spring
FG
Whiled away the hours
CFCG7
Lingered with the flowers ev'ry day
CD7G7
Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers
C
Life's bouquet
CD7G7
Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers
C
Along the way
Interlude
| CDmadd4/C | CDmadd4/CC |
| DbEbm | FmEbm |
Verse DbFm
When I became a man
GbAb
I felt the summer showers
DbBbm
When I learned to love
GbAb
I also learned to cry
DbFm
When I came to know
GbAb
The beauty of the flowers
DbGbDbAb7
I wondered why the flowers had to die
DbEb7Ab7
Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers
Db
Life's bouquet
DbEb7Ab7
Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers
Db
Along the way
Interlude
| DbEbm | FmEbm |
| DEm | F#mEm |
Verse DF#m
When the summer ends
GA
And the storms of life are over
DBm
When the winter comes
GA
And the petals fall away
DF#m
They may write it on my stone
GA
“He was just a rover
DGDA7
But he stopped to pick some flowers along the way”
DE7A7
Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers
D
Life's bouquet
DE7
Flowers, pick some flowers
EmA7DD# | D | % | D
Alo-o-ong the wa-a-ay-a-a-ay-ay-ay