Flower Lady Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Em][A][Em][G][Em][G][Em][B][Em][G][Bm][G][Bm][Em][D]
[Asus4][A][D]
Million[G]aires and

[Verse 1]
[D]paupers [G]walk the [D]hungry [G]streets
[D][G]

[Verse 2]
[D]Rich an [G]d poor compan
[D]ion[G]s of [Bm]the rest[A]less beat
[F#m]Bm C
Strangers in a [G]foreign land
[F#m]Bm C
Strike a match with [G]trembling hand
[F#m]Bm Em C D
Learn too much [Bm]to ever u[G]nderst[A]and
C D G C G
But [G]nobody's buying [A]flower
[D]s from the flo[G]wer lady
[D]

[Verse 3]
Lover[G]'s quarrel,
[D]snarl [G]away their [D]happi[G]ness[D][G][D]
[G]Kissed crumble [D]in a
[Bm]web [A]of lonliness
[F#m]It's written by the
[G]poison [F#m]pen
Voices break be[G]fore they bend
[F#m]The door is slammed
It's [Bm]over, [G]once [A]again
But [G]nobody's buying [A]flower
[D]s from the f[G]lower lady
[D]

[Verse 4]
Poet[G]s agoni[D]ze,
[G]they cannot [D]find the [G]words
[D]And[G] the st[D]one stares[G] at the sculpt[D]or
[Bm]asks "are [A]you absurd?"
[F#m]The painter paints his
[G]brushes [F#m]back
Through the canvas [G]runs a [F#m]crack
Portrait of [Bm]the pain nev[G]er answers [A]back
But [G]nobody's buy[A]ing [D]flowers from
the [G]flower lady

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][Em][A][D]
[G]Soldiers, disil

[Verse 5]
[D]lusioned,
[G]come hom[D]e from the war[G][D][G]
[D]Sarcastic [G]students tel[D]l them
[Bm]not to f[A]ight no more[F#m]
And they argue [G]through the [F#m]night
Black is [G]black and white is [F#m]white
Walk away both [Bm]knowing [G]they [A]are right
But [G]nobody's buying [A]flower
[D]s from the f[G]lower lady
[D]

[Verse 6]
Smoke [G]dreams of es[D]caping [G]souls
are [D]drifting [G]by[D][G][D]
Dull [G]the pain of [D]living[Bm]
as they [A]slowly die
[F#m]Smiles change in to [G]a sneer
washed [F#m]away by w[G]hiskey tears
In [F#m]the quicksand of their
[Bm]mind they [G]disap[A] pear
Still [Asus4]nobody's [G]buy[A]ing flower
[D]s from the flo[G]wer lady
[D]

[Verse 7]
[G]Feeble, aged,
[D]peo[G]ple alm[D]ost to their kne[G]es[D][G]
[D]Complain [G]about the [D]present
[Bm]using memo[A]ries[F#m]
Never found their [G]pot of [F#m]gold
Wrinkled hands [G]pound weary holes
Each [F#m]line screams out you're old, you're o[Bm]ld,
[G]you[A]'re old
But [G]nobody's buy[A]ing [D]flowers from
the [G]flower lady

[Interlude 2]
[D][G][Em][G][A][D]

[Verse 8]
And the flower [D]lady hobbles home
[G]wit[D]hout a sale
Tattered shreds of petals leave a
[Esus4]fad ing t[Em]rail[Asus4][A][F#m]
Not a pause to [G]hold [F#m]a rose
Even she no [G]longer knows
[F#m]The lamp goes out the ev[Bm]ening
[G]now [A]is [F#m]closed
[A]And [G]nobody's buying [A]flower[D] s from the fl[G]ower lady

[Outro 1]
[D][G]
[Em][G][A][D][Bm][G][Em][A][B][E][F#][B][E][B]