Merle Haggard – When No Flowers Grow (Guitar)

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[Intro]
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[Chorus]
D                       G
I don't know how long I stand at the window

       D                          A
Watching crosswinds erase all her tracks in the snow

       D                          G
In her mind, it's springtime, she goes to pick some flowers

       D                    A               D
In the cold dead of winter, when no flowers grow
[Verse 1]
D                                     G
Many doctors have tried, but tried in vain

                         D
To make my darling well
They say it would take a miracle
    A                    D
And only time will tell
[Verse 2]
D
Her mind is in another world

               G
Her own little world

             D
So she picks flowers in the cold dead of winter

     A               D
At a time no flowers grow
[Verse 3]
D
There was a time when her mind was sound

         G
When she picked pretty flowers in the spring

D
She and little Mike and I would take to the country

A                                   D
When we heard the first Robin sing
[Verse 4]
D
We loaded our car with daisies

     G
Blue bonnets, buttercups and marigolds

D
But life had a way of bringing the winter

A                          D
And a time when no flowers grow
[Verse 5]
D
Little Mike had been making a snowman

    G
And you know how little kids are

D
They soon get tired of playin' one game

A                                   D
Well, Mike had crawled under the car
[Verse 6]
D                        G
As mama twirled the keys, she threw me a kiss

           D                  A                        D
And said, "Watch little Mike, don't let him get cold"

D                                     G
Well, that was two years ago and it's winter again

D                          A       D
And a time when no flowers grow
[Verse 7]
D
I know there's a star called little Mike

             G
Somewhere up there, with the rest

D
And maybe someday, she'll see it

A                                        D
But then, maybe for her, this way is the best
[Verse 8]
D                                           G
I watched her arrange bare branches in a vase

                                       D
Her flowers, she picked from the snow

    A                                    D
And sometimes, they look like flowers to me

     G                     D     A D
At a time, when no flowers grow
[Chorus]
D                       G
I don't know how long I stand at the window

       D                          A
Watching crosswinds erase all her tracks in the snow

       D                          G
In her mind, it's springtime, she goes to pick some flowers

       D                    A               D
In the cold dead of winter, when no flowers grow
[Outro]
       D                    A               D
In the cold dead of winter, when no flowers grow