The Flowers Chords by Regina Spektor

Tempo:
93.9 bpm
Chords used:

C

Ab

Fm

G

Bbm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Regina Spektor - The Flowers chords
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[C]
[Ab] [G] [Ab] [G] [Ab]
[C] [Fm] [C]
[G] [Ab] [G] [Ab]
[C] The flowers [Ab] you gave me are rotting [C] and still I refuse to [Ab] throw them [G] away
[Ab] Some [G]
[Ab] [C] of the bulbs never [Ab] open quite fully, [C] they might so I'm waiting instead [Fm] [G] Away
[Ab] [G] Things [Ab] [Bbm] [Db] I have loved [G] I'm allowed [Eb] [Ab] [C] [Fm]
[Bbm] [Db] to know if [G] I go [Eb] [Ab] to [C] sleep
[Fm]
[Bbm] [Db] [G]
[Eb] [Ab] [Cm] [Fm]
[F] [C] Yeah
Oh, oh, oh
[G] [Ab] [G]
[Ab] [C] The papers around me are filing and twisting, Regina's a [Fm] paperback mummy [G] What's [Ab] up?
[G] [Ab] [C] I'm taking a knife to the books that I own and I'm chopping and chopping and [Fm] boiling
Soup from [G]
[Ab] stones
[G] [Ab] [Bbm]
Things [Db] I have loved [G] I'm allowed [Eb] [Ab] to [C] know [Fm] [F] [Bbm]
[Db] if [G] I go [Eb] [Ab] to sleep
[Fm] [F] [Bbm]
Things [Db] I have loved [G] I'm allowed [Eb] [Ab] to keep
[C] [Fm] [F] [Bbm]
[Db] I'll never know if [G] I go [Eb] to [Ab]
[Fm] sleep
[F] [Cm]
[C] [Cm]
[C]
[Gm] [Ab] [Fm] [Gm] [Em] [Fm] [C]
[Ab] [Fm] [Gm] [E] [Fm] [C]
[Ab] [Fm] [Gm] [Em] [Fm] [C]
[Ab] [Fm] [G] [E] [Fm] [C]
[Fm] [C]
[Fm]
[C] [Fm]
[C] [Fm]
[C] [Fm] [C]
[Fm] [C] [F]
[C] [Fm] [C]
[Fm] [C]
The [Fm]
flowers you gave me are rotting and still I refuse to throw them away
Key:  
C
3211
Ab
134211114
Fm
123111111
G
2131
Bbm
13421111
C
3211
Ab
134211114
Fm
123111111
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To learn Regina Spektor - (U.S. Version) The Flowers chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: Fm, C, Fm, Ab, C, Ab, G, Bbm, Db, G, Eb and Ab. Start with a comfortable 46 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 94. Considering your vocal pitch and chord choices, adjust the capo in accordance with the key: F Minor.

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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [C] The flowers [Ab] you gave me are rotting [C] and still I refuse to [Ab] throw them [G] away
[Ab] Some _ [G] _
_ [Ab] _ [C] of the bulbs never [Ab] open quite fully, [C] they might so I'm waiting instead [Fm] _ [G] Away
[Ab] _ [G] Things _ [Ab] _ _ [Bbm] _ [Db] I have loved [G] I'm allowed [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Db] to know if [G] I go [Eb] _ [Ab] to [C] sleep
_ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [G] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [F] _ [C] Yeah
Oh, oh, _ oh
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [C] The papers around me are filing and twisting, Regina's a [Fm] paperback mummy [G] What's [Ab] up?
_ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] I'm taking a knife to the books that I own and I'm chopping and chopping and [Fm] boiling
Soup from [G] _
[Ab] _ stones
[G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bbm]
Things [Db] I have loved [G] I'm allowed [Eb] _ [Ab] to [C] know _ [Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _
_ [Db] if [G] I go [Eb] _ [Ab] to sleep
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm]
Things [Db] I have loved [G] I'm allowed [Eb] _ [Ab] to keep
[C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _
[Db] I'll never know if [G] I go [Eb] to [Ab] _
_ _ [Fm] sleep
_ [F] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ [Ab] _ [Fm] _ [Gm] _ [Em] _ [Fm] _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Fm] _ [Gm] _ [E] _ [Fm] _ [C] _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Fm] _ [Gm] _ [Em] _ [Fm] _ [C] _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Fm] _ [G] _ [E] _ [Fm] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [C]
The _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ flowers you gave me are rotting and still I refuse to throw them away _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song is part of Soviet Kitsch album.

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