Intro –
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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