The Flowers Chords by Regina Spektor

Tempo:
94 bpm
Chords used:

C

Ab

Fm

G

Bbm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Flowers-Regina Spektor chords
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[C]
[Ab] [Fm] [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 [Ab] to throw them [G] away
[Ab] Some [G]
[Ab] [C] of the bulbs [Ab] never open quite fully, [C] they might so I'm waiting [Fm] instead
[G] [Ab] [G] But like [Ab] [Bbm] things [Db] I have [G] loved I'm alive, [Eb] [Ab] [C] [Fm]
[Bbm] [Db] oh if [G] I go [Eb] [Ab] to [C] sleep
[Fm]
Yeah, [Bbm] [Db] [G]
[Eb] [Ab] [C] [Fm]
[F] [C] [Ab] yeah, [C] yeah
The [G] [Ab] [G]
[Ab] [C] papers around me are piling and twisting, Regina, the [Ab] paperback [G] mother was [Ab] done
[G] I'm [Ab] [C] taking a knife to the books that I own and I'm chopping and chopping and [Fm] boiling
and I'm sick [G] from [Ab] stones
[G] [Ab] [Bbm]
Things [Db] I have loved [G] I'm alive [Eb] to [Ab]
[C] keep, [Fm] [F] [Bbm]
[Db] oh if [G] I go [Eb] [Ab] to sleep
[Fm] [F] [Bbm]
[Db] Things I have [G] loved I'm alive [Eb] [Ab] to keep, [C] [Fm] [F] [Bbm]
[Db] I'll never know [G] if I go [Eb] [Ab] to [Fm] sleep
[F] [Cm]
[C] La, la, [Cm]
[C] la, [Ab] [C]
[Gm] la, [Ab] [Fm] [Gm] la
[Em] [Fm] [C]
[Ab] [Fm] [Gm] [E] [Fm] [C]
[Ab] [Fm] I [Gm] [Em] [Fm] [C]
[Ab] [Fm] [G] [E] [Fm] [C]
[Fm] have, [C] I have, [Fm] oh, I have, I [C] have, I have
[Fm]
[C] [Fm]
[C] [Fm] [C] a
[Fm] [C] uh
[Fm] [C] [Fm] foreign
[C] [Fm] [C]
[Fm]
[C] [N]
Key:  
C
3211
Ab
134211114
Fm
123111111
G
2131
Bbm
13421111
C
3211
Ab
134211114
Fm
123111111
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To start learning Regina Spektor - (U.S. Version) The Flowers chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - Fm, C, Fm, C, Ab, G and Ab in sequence. A strategic approach would be to train at 47 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 94. With F Minor as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [Fm] _ [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 [Ab] to throw them [G] away
[Ab] Some _ [G] _
_ [Ab] _ [C] of the bulbs [Ab] never open quite fully, [C] they might so I'm waiting [Fm] instead
[G] _ _ [Ab] _ [G] But like _ [Ab] _ _ [Bbm] things [Db] I have [G] loved I'm alive, [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Db] oh if [G] I go [Eb] _ [Ab] to [C] sleep
_ [Fm] _
_ Yeah, [Bbm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [G] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ [Ab] yeah, [C] yeah
_ The [G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [C] _ papers around me are piling and twisting, Regina, the [Ab] paperback [G] mother was [Ab] done
_ [G] I'm _ [Ab] _ _ [C] taking a knife to the books that I own and I'm chopping and chopping and [Fm] boiling
and I'm sick [G] from _ [Ab] stones
[G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bbm]
Things [Db] I have loved [G] I'm alive [Eb] to _ [Ab] _
[C] keep, _ [Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _
_ [Db] oh if [G] I go [Eb] _ [Ab] to sleep
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _
[Db] Things I have [G] loved I'm alive [Eb] _ [Ab] to keep, [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] _
[Db] I'll never know [G] if I go [Eb] _ [Ab] to _ _ [Fm] sleep
_ [F] _ _ [Cm] _
[C] La, la, _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ la, [Ab] _ [C]
[Gm] la, [Ab] _ [Fm] _ [Gm] la
[Em] _ [Fm] _ [C] _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Fm] _ [Gm] _ [E] _ [Fm] _ [C] _
_ _ [Ab] [Fm] I [Gm] _ [Em] _ [Fm] _ [C] _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Fm] _ [G] _ [E] _ [Fm] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Fm] have, _ _ [C] I have, _ [Fm] oh, I have, I _ [C] have, I have
_ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [C] a
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [C] uh
_ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Fm] foreign
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

Facts about this song

This song is part of Soviet Kitsch album.

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