Chords for Anders Osborne "Flower Box" (acoustic) // Gondola Sessions
Tempo:
162 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Am
B
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [G]
[Am] [B] [Fm]
[G] [Am]
I grew up [C]
[G] in a flower box,
[A] [F#] they filled my soil with [G] some nasty rots.
[C]
[A] I [B] couldn't [C] grow strong, I [G] barely grew at all.
[Am] It's [C] hard to dream big [G] in a world that small.
[Am]
[C]
[G] [C]
[A] [Bm] I was [C] always reaching to [G] see the sun,
[A] and [B] all of [C] those roots [G] made me weigh a ton.
[D]
[Am] One [B] day I [C] just left and I [G] never looked back.
[Am] If [C] you can't be yourself, [G] how the hell would that?
[C] [G]
[F] Well I don't [C] know [G] God's design, [F] but I've had [C] some mighty [G] fine times.
So [F] find [C] some people you [G] love, [A] and [C] always hold them up and give [G] them props.
Don't put them in a flower [Am] box, [B] [C]
oh, [G] don't put them in a flower [Am] box.
[B] [C]
[G]
[Am] [C] If you love me, [G] just set me free,
[Am] and [C] if you don't, [G] please just let me be.
[A] [C] It's hard enough [G] to get by in this world,
[Am] [Bm] without [C] your cunning [G] and hurtful words.
[C] [G]
[F] Well I don't [C] know [G] God's design, [F] but I've had [C] some mighty [G] fine times.
[F] So find [C] some people you [G] love, [A] and [B] always [C] hold them up and give [G] them props.
Don't put them in a flower [Am] box.
[B] [C]
[G]
[Am] Yeah, [B] [C]
[G] don't put them in a [Am] flower box.
[D] [F#] [N]
[Am] [B] [Fm]
[G] [Am]
I grew up [C]
[G] in a flower box,
[A] [F#] they filled my soil with [G] some nasty rots.
[C]
[A] I [B] couldn't [C] grow strong, I [G] barely grew at all.
[Am] It's [C] hard to dream big [G] in a world that small.
[Am]
[C]
[G] [C]
[A] [Bm] I was [C] always reaching to [G] see the sun,
[A] and [B] all of [C] those roots [G] made me weigh a ton.
[D]
[Am] One [B] day I [C] just left and I [G] never looked back.
[Am] If [C] you can't be yourself, [G] how the hell would that?
[C] [G]
[F] Well I don't [C] know [G] God's design, [F] but I've had [C] some mighty [G] fine times.
So [F] find [C] some people you [G] love, [A] and [C] always hold them up and give [G] them props.
Don't put them in a flower [Am] box, [B] [C]
oh, [G] don't put them in a flower [Am] box.
[B] [C]
[G]
[Am] [C] If you love me, [G] just set me free,
[Am] and [C] if you don't, [G] please just let me be.
[A] [C] It's hard enough [G] to get by in this world,
[Am] [Bm] without [C] your cunning [G] and hurtful words.
[C] [G]
[F] Well I don't [C] know [G] God's design, [F] but I've had [C] some mighty [G] fine times.
[F] So find [C] some people you [G] love, [A] and [B] always [C] hold them up and give [G] them props.
Don't put them in a flower [Am] box.
[B] [C]
[G]
[Am] Yeah, [B] [C]
[G] don't put them in a [Am] flower box.
[D] [F#] [N]
Key:
G
C
Am
B
A
G
C
Am
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [Fm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ I grew up [C] _
[G] in a flower box, _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [F#] they filled my soil with [G] some nasty rots.
_ [C] _
[A] _ _ I [B] couldn't [C] grow strong, I [G] barely grew at all. _ _ _
_ [Am] _ It's [C] hard to dream big [G] in a world that small.
_ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[A] _ _ _ [Bm] I was [C] always reaching to [G] see the sun, _ _ _
_ [A] _ and [B] all of [C] those roots _ [G] made me weigh a ton.
_ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ One [B] day I [C] just left and I [G] never looked back. _ _ _
[Am] _ If [C] you can't be yourself, [G] how the hell would that?
[C] _ _ [G] _
[F] Well I don't [C] know [G] God's design, [F] but I've had [C] some mighty [G] fine times.
So [F] find [C] some people you [G] love, [A] and [C] always hold them up and give [G] them _ _ _ _ props. _
_ _ _ _ Don't put them in a flower [Am] box, _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _
oh, [G] _ _ don't put them in a flower [Am] box.
_ [B] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [C] If you love me, [G] just set me free, _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ and [C] if you don't, [G] please just let me be. _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C] It's hard enough [G] to get by in this world, _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Bm] without [C] your cunning [G] and _ hurtful words.
[C] _ [G] _
[F] Well I don't [C] know [G] God's design, [F] but I've had [C] some mighty [G] fine times.
[F] So find [C] some people you [G] love, _ [A] and [B] always [C] hold them up and give [G] them props. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Don't put them in a flower [Am] box.
_ [B] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] Yeah, _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ don't put them in a [Am] flower box.
_ [D] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [Fm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ I grew up [C] _
[G] in a flower box, _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [F#] they filled my soil with [G] some nasty rots.
_ [C] _
[A] _ _ I [B] couldn't [C] grow strong, I [G] barely grew at all. _ _ _
_ [Am] _ It's [C] hard to dream big [G] in a world that small.
_ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[A] _ _ _ [Bm] I was [C] always reaching to [G] see the sun, _ _ _
_ [A] _ and [B] all of [C] those roots _ [G] made me weigh a ton.
_ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ One [B] day I [C] just left and I [G] never looked back. _ _ _
[Am] _ If [C] you can't be yourself, [G] how the hell would that?
[C] _ _ [G] _
[F] Well I don't [C] know [G] God's design, [F] but I've had [C] some mighty [G] fine times.
So [F] find [C] some people you [G] love, [A] and [C] always hold them up and give [G] them _ _ _ _ props. _
_ _ _ _ Don't put them in a flower [Am] box, _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _
oh, [G] _ _ don't put them in a flower [Am] box.
_ [B] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [C] If you love me, [G] just set me free, _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ and [C] if you don't, [G] please just let me be. _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [C] It's hard enough [G] to get by in this world, _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Bm] without [C] your cunning [G] and _ hurtful words.
[C] _ [G] _
[F] Well I don't [C] know [G] God's design, [F] but I've had [C] some mighty [G] fine times.
[F] So find [C] some people you [G] love, _ [A] and [B] always [C] hold them up and give [G] them props. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Don't put them in a flower [Am] box.
_ [B] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] Yeah, _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ don't put them in a [Am] flower box.
_ [D] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _