{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1751560,"song":"Flora","artist":"Peter, Paul and Mary","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11378360-flora-chords-by-peter-paul-and-mary/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1751560?type=chord","rating":4.76117,"votes":25,"content":"Flora\r\nPeter, Paul and Mary\r\n\r\nCapo on the third fret.\r\n\r\nThis is played very fast. At the end of each verse, use your little finger to play a G on the \r\nhigh string while playing the Am (002213-002210). Do the same with the Em in the intro too.\r\nYou can also get some lovely hammer-ons with any of these chords if they are played for more \r\nthan about three beats:\r\n\r\n\r\n    EADGBe     EADGBe\r\nAm: 000210  -  002210\r\nEm: 002000  -  022000\r\nG:  300003  -  320003\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  \r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen first I came to Louisville, my fortune there to find,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI met a fair young maiden there, her beauty filled my mind.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHer rosy cheek, her ruby lips, they gave my heart no rest.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe name she bore was Flo------ra,       the lily of the west.[/tab]\r\n \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI courted lovely Flora, she promised ne'er to go.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut soon a tale was told to me that filled my heart with woe.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey said she meets another man who holds my love in jest.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd yet I trusted Flo----ra,        the lily of the west. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Way down in yonder shady grove, a man of low degree,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe spoke unto my Flora there and kissed her 'neath a tree.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe answers that she gave to him like arrows pierced my breast.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI was betrayed by Flo---ra,        the lily of the west. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI stepped up to my rival, my dagger in my hand.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI seized him by the collar and I ordered him to stand.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAll in my desperation I stabbed him in his breast.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI killed a man for Flo---ra,        the lily of the west. [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd then I had to stand my trial, I had to make my plea.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey placed me in a pris'ner's dock and then commenced on me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAlthough she swore my life away, deprived me of my rest.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nStill I love my faithless Flo---ra,        the lily of the west.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nLovely tune. Good luck finding a strumming pattern that works!","plain_text":"Flora\nPeter, Paul and Mary\n\nCapo on the third fret.\n\nThis is played very fast. At the end of each verse, use your little finger to play a G on the \nhigh string while playing the Am (002213-002210). Do the same with the Em in the intro too.\nYou can also get some lovely hammer-ons with any of these chords if they are played for more \nthan about three beats:\n\n\n    EADGBe     EADGBe\nAm: 000210  -  002210\nEm: 002000  -  022000\nG:  300003  -  320003\n\n\nIntro:\nAm  Em  Am  Em  Am  Am  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLovely tune. Good luck finding a strumming pattern that works!","chords":["G","Am","Em","C","D","F","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}