Chords for I wrote a song (I Paint Flowers) – ILON

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[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ Stroke by [Am] stroke, making sure it's permanent
[Dm] Cause nothing else [G] lasts, life feels so [C] turbulent
Trial by [Am] trial, no need to be [Dm] hesitant
Some parts chip away, [G] but they leave their [C] evidence
So why, why, [Am] why, can't we hold on [D] to the lilac sky
And put it in a frame
[C] I try, try, [Am] try to freeze my [D] memories
But they expire and nothing stays the [Em] same
So [G] I paint flowers _ [Am] so that [D] they won't die
_ [G] Yeah, I paint flowers _ [Am] but even [D] I
_ [G] Can't prevent time from passing by
_ _ [Am] _ Yeah, I [Dm] paint _ [G] flowers as my flowers stay [C] _ alive
_ [Am] _ _ Yeah, [E] I paint _ [G] flowers, I _ _
[C] _ _ Skipping rope [Am] in my old-look garden, see [Dm] the days pass [G] by
Winter, summer, [C] autumn and wild
I [Am] cope with dead leaves that have fallen [Dm] from the heights
Of those new light yellow [C] pollen
So why, why, [Am] why, can't we hold [G] on to the [D] lilac sky
And put it in a [C] frame
I know I [A] try [C] to freeze my [D] memories
But they expire [Em] and nothing stays the same
I [N] painted [G] _
flowers, [Am] didn't want to see them [Dm] die
_ [G] _ _ Now I [C] see _ flowers [Am] growing from the [Dm] ground _
[G] I _ see new flowers and I [Am] know they [D] too will die _
[G] _ _ But I see new flowers first June and twenty [D]-five _ _
[G] _ _ I see [C] new flowers
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