Chords for Artificial Flowers - Mike Prendergast

[Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
Alone in the world [Dm] was poor little lad,
_ [Eb] As sweet a [Cm] young child as you'd [F] find.
Her [Bb] parents had [Gm] gone [Dm] to their final reward,
[Eb] Leaving [Cm] their [F] baby [Bb] behind.
Did you hear this?
Poor little [Dm] child was only nine years of age,
[Eb] When [Cm] mother and dad went away.
[F] Still [Bb] she bravely [Dm] worked at the one thing she knew,
[Eb] To earn her [Cm] few [F] pennies [Bb] a day.
[Eb] She made artificial [E] flowers, [Bb] artificial [Gm] flowers,
[F] [Cm] Flowers [F] for ladies [Gm] of fashion to wear.
She [Eb] made artificial [Gm] flowers, [Bb] you know those [G] flowers,
[C] [Cm] Fashion from [Dm] Annie's [Gm] despair.
_ [F] With [Gm] paper and shears, [Dm] with some wire and wax,
[Eb] She made up [Cm] each tulip [Fm] and mum.
_ [F] As [Gm] snowflakes drifted [Dm] into her [D] [F] tenement room,
[Eb] Her baby [Cm] little [F] fingers [Bb] grew numb
[D] From [Cm] making artificial _ [E] [Gm] flowers, artificial flowers,
[F] Flowers [Dm] for ladies [Eb] of [Gm] fashion to wear.
[Eb] Making artificial flowers, [Bb] [G] artificial flowers,
[C] Made [F] from [Bbm] Annie's despair.
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[F] They [Gm] found little Annie [D] [G] all covered with ice,
[Eb] Still clutching her poor [Fm] frozen [Gb] [Cm] shears.
[Gm] And next to all the blossoms she'd [D] fashioned by hand,
[Eb] And [Cm] watered with all [Bb] her young tears.
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[C] There must [Am] be a heaven [G] where little Annie can play,
[F] From heavenly [Gm] gardens and _ [G] bowers.
[C] And instead of a halo [G] she'll wear around her head,
[F] A garland of [C] genuine _ flowers.
No [F] more artificial [C] flowers, artificial [F] flowers,
Flowers [Em] for [C] ladies of society to wear.
She'll throw away [F] those artificial [C] flowers,
Those dumb, dumb [A]
[D] flowers, [G] fashion from [Dm] Annie's,
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[F] Fashion [G] from [A] Annie's despair. _ _ _
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