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1/70

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 70Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

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Tuning: Standard
Roy Orbison
Flowers
B-Side of the 1968 single “Walk On”
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[Intro] – capo 3rd fret
  C1 + 2 + Dmadd4/C3 + 4 +  C1 + 2 + Dmadd4/C3 + 4 +  C1 + 2 + Dmadd4/C3 + 4 +  C1 + 2 + Dmadd4/C3 + 4 +
e|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
B|----2-------3---|----5-------3---|----2-------3---|----5-------3---|
G|--2-------4-----|--6-------4-----|--2-------4-----|--6-------4-----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  C1 + 2 + Dmadd4/C3 + 4 +  C71 + 2 + Dmadd4/C3 + 4 +  C1 + 2 + Dmadd4/C3 + 4 +  C71 + 2 + Dmadd4/C3 + 4 +
e|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
B|----2-------3---|----5-------3---|----2-------3---|----5-------3---|
G|--2-------4-----|--6-------4-----|--2-------4-----|--6-------4-----|
D|2-------4-------|5-------4-------|2-------4-------|5-------4-------|
A|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Or (simplified, without capo)
  C1 + 2 + Dmadd4/C3 + 4 +  C1 + 2 + Dmadd4/C3 + 4 +
e|0-------1-------|3-------1-------|
B|1-------3-------|1-------3-------|
G|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|  4x
D|2-------0-------|2-------0-------|
A|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
E|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
Dmadd4/C  x-3-0-0-3-1
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[Intro] (see above)
|   C   Dmadd4/C|  C   Dmadd4/C   C|   C   Dmadd4/C|  C   Dmadd4/C   C|
|   C   Dmadd4/C|  C7   Dmadd4/C   C|   C   Dmadd4/C|  C7   Dmadd4/C   C|
[Verse]
CWhen I was a Emboy
I Fran among the Gflowers
CLooking left and Amright
              F|  G| % |
At the bright array
I Cplayed through the Emspring
FWhiled away the Ghours
CLingered with the Fflowers ev'ry CdayG7  
[Chorus]
CFlowers, pretty D7flowers, G7flowers
Life's bouCquet
CFlowers, pretty D7flowers, G7flowers
Along the Cway
[Interlude]
|   C   Dmadd4/C|  C   Dmadd4/C   C|
|  Db   Ebm|  Fm   Ebm|
[Verse]
When DbI became a Fmman
I Gbfelt the summer Abshowers
DbWhen I learned to Bbmlove
I Gbalso learned to Abcry
DbWhen I came to Fmknow
The Gbbeauty of the Abflowers
DbI wondered why the Gbflowers had to DbdieAb7  
[Chorus]
DbFlowers, pretty Eb7flowers, fAb7lowers
Life's bouDbquet
DbFlowers, pretty Eb7flowers, Ab7flowers
Along the Dbway
[Interlude]
|  Db   Ebm|  Fm   Ebm|
|  D   Em|  F#m   Em|
[Verse]
DWhen the summer F#mends
And the Gstorms of life are Aover
DWhen the winter Bmcomes
And the Gpetals fall aAway
They may Dwrite it on my F#mstone
“GHe was just a Arover
But he Dstopped to pick some Gflowers along the Dway”A7  
[Chorus] + coda
DFlowers, pretty E7flowers, A7flowers
Life's bouDquet
DFlowers, pick some E7flowers
        Em    A7         D         D#|  D| % | D  
Alo-o-ong the wa-a-ay-a-a-ay-ay-ay

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Flowers

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Dmadd4/C

Ebm

Bbm

Ab7

Eb7

F#m

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Tuning: Standard

Roy Orbison

Flowers

B-Side of the 1968 single “Walk On”

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Intro] – capo 3rd fret

C Dmadd4/C C Dmadd4/C C Dmadd4/C C Dmadd4/C

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|

B|----2-------3---|----5-------3---|----2-------3---|----5-------3---|

G|--2-------4-----|--6-------4-----|--2-------4-----|--6-------4-----|

D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

A|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

C Dmadd4/C C7 Dmadd4/C C Dmadd4/C C7 Dmadd4/C

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|

B|----2-------3---|----5-------3---|----2-------3---|----5-------3---|

G|--2-------4-----|--6-------4-----|--2-------4-----|--6-------4-----|

D|2-------4-------|5-------4-------|2-------4-------|5-------4-------|

A|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Or (simplified, without capo)

C Dmadd4/C C Dmadd4/C

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|0-------1-------|3-------1-------|

B|1-------3-------|1-------3-------|

G|0-------0-------|0-------0-------| 4x

D|2-------0-------|2-------0-------|

A|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|

E|----------------|----------------|

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CHORDS

Dmadd4/C x-3-0-0-3-1

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[Intro] (see above)

C Dmadd4/C C Dmadd4/C C C Dmadd4/C C Dmadd4/C C

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C Dmadd4/C C7 Dmadd4/C C C Dmadd4/C C7 Dmadd4/C C

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[Verse]

C Em

When I was a boy

F G

I ran among the flowers

C Am

Looking left and right

F G

| | % |

At the bright array

C Em

I played through the spring

F G

Whiled away the hours

C F C G7

Lingered with the flowers ev'ry day

[Chorus]

C D7 G7

Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers

Life's bouquet

C D7 G7

Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers

Along the way

[Interlude]

C Dmadd4/C C Dmadd4/C C

| | |

Db Ebm Fm Ebm

| | |

[Verse]

Db Fm

When I became a man

Gb Ab

I felt the summer showers

Db Bbm

When I learned to love

Gb Ab

I also learned to cry

Db Fm

When I came to know

Gb Ab

The beauty of the flowers

Db Gb Db Ab7

I wondered why the flowers had to die

[Chorus]

Db Eb7 Ab7

Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers

Life's bouquet

Db Eb7 Ab7

Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers

Along the way

[Interlude]

Db Ebm Fm Ebm

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D Em F#m Em

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[Verse]

D F#m

When the summer ends

G A

And the storms of life are over

D Bm

When the winter comes

G A

And the petals fall away

D F#m

They may write it on my stone

G A

“He was just a rover

D G D A7

But he stopped to pick some flowers along the way”

[Chorus] + coda

D E7 A7

Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers

Life's bouquet

D E7

Flowers, pick some flowers

Em A7 D D# D D

| | % |

Alo-o-ong the wa-a-ay-a-a-ay-ay-ay

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