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"It Ain't All Flowers"
Sturgill Simpson
Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
[Intro]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 
Bm      Bm7 Bm B7
[Verse 1]
Cleaning out the B7darkest corners of my mind
Taking Dall of my full circles, and Emaking straight lines
Been getting to the B7bottom of the bottom getting to me
DHolding up the mirror, to everyEthing I don't want to see
But it Dain't all flowers, someEtimes you gotta feel the thorB5ns
And when you Dplay with the devil, you Eknow you're gonna get the B5horns
B7 B7 B7
[Verse 2]
Been dancing with the B7demons all my life
Every Dtime I find my grove, they Ecut in like a knife
Been a sin B7eater since the day I was born
Tired of Dfeeling weighed down, from carrying 'round all the Epain that keeps me torn
DSo I pray when I Elay me down to B5die
Grab a Dglass of wine, and a seat to dine, and go Eahead and eat the whole damn B5pie
B7 B7 B7 B7
[Interlude]
              B7             D         C#aug   Em(x5)
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------2-----------2-----------4-------|
D|--------7--------4-----4-----3-----3-----5-----5----| x5
A|-----6-----6--5-----------4-----------7-------------|
E|--7-------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
DIt ain't all flowers
ESometimes you gotta smell the B5thorns
And when you Dplay with the devil, you Eknow you're gonna get the B5horns
B7

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It Aint All Flowers

by Sturgill Simpson

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Chords in this song · guitar

Bm7

C#aug

"It Ain't All Flowers"

Sturgill Simpson

Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)

[Intro]

1 + 2 + 3 + 4

Bm Bm7 Bm B7

[Verse 1]

Cleaning out the darkest corners of my mind

D E

Taking all of my full circles, and making straight lines

Been getting to the bottom of the bottom getting to me

D E

Holding up the mirror, to everything I don't want to see

D E B5

But it ain't all flowers, sometimes you gotta feel the thorns

D E B5

And when you play with the devil, you know you're gonna get the horns

B7 B7 B7

[Verse 2]

Been dancing with the demons all my life

D E

Every time I find my grove, they cut in like a knife

Been a sin eater since the day I was born

D E

Tired of feeling weighed down, from carrying 'round all the pain that keeps me torn

D E B5

So I pray when I lay me down to die

D E B5

Grab a glass of wine, and a seat to dine, and go ahead and eat the whole damn pie

B7 B7 B7 B7

[Interlude]

B7 D C#aug Em

(x5)

e|----------------------------------------------------|

B|----------------------------------------------------|

G|--------------------2-----------2-----------4-------|

D|--------7--------4-----4-----3-----3-----5-----5----| x5

A|-----6-----6--5-----------4-----------7-------------|

E|--7-------------------------------------------------|

[Chorus]

It ain't all flowers

E B5

Sometimes you gotta smell the thorns

D E B5

And when you play with the devil, you know you're gonna get the horns

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