Regina Spektor – The Flowers (Guitar)

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Transcribed by Uri Klar ([email protected]) Probably the best songs on the album. Very moving… I transcribed in chord form so for of you who'd like to play it on the piano it shouldn't be hard to invert it. A few notes: Eb7 = Should be played without the 5th note. Gm = Should be played with the 5th note lowered by a tone. Meaning played with a C note instead of a D (very crucial)… [Intro] | Gm/C Ab/C | Gm/C Ab/C | Gm/F Ab | Gm/F Ab | Gm/C Gm Ab Fm | | Gm/C Ab/C | Gm/F Ab | Gm/F Ab | [Verse 1]
Gm/C            Ab/C                                Ab/C     (Gm/F Ab) x2
The flowers you gave me are rotting and still I refuse to throw them away.

Gm/C                            Ab/C
Some of the bulbs never opened quite fully.

          Gm/C                          Ab/C          Ab     Gm/F  Ab
They might so I'm waiting and staying awake.
[Chorus]
Bbm         Db/Ab           Eb7/G     Ab   Gm   Fm   Cm
   Things I have loved I'm allowed to keep.

Bbm       Db/Ab        Eb7/G  Ab   Gm   Fm   Cm
   I'll never know if I go to sleep.
[Interlude] | Bbm Db/Ab | Eb7/G | Ab Gm | Fm Cm | | Gm/C Ab/C | Gm/C Ab/C | Gm/F Ab | Gm/F Ab | [Verse 2] (Like first verse) The papers around me are piling and twisting Regina the paper back mummy what then. I'm taking the knife to the books that I own and chopping and chopping and boiling soup stone. [Chorus]
Bbm         Db/Ab           Eb7/G     Ab   Gm   Fm   Cm
   Things I have loved I'm allowed to keep.

Bbm       Db/Ab        Eb7/G  Ab   Gm   Fm   Cm
   I'll never know if I go to sleep.

Bbm         Db/Ab           Eb7/G     Ab   Gm   Fm   Cm
   Things I have loved I'm allowed to keep.

Bbm       Db/Ab        Eb7/G  Ab   Gm   Fm   Cm
   I'll never know if I go to sleep.
[Vocal Part] | Gm/C Ab/C | Gm/C Ab/C | x2 | Gm/C Gm Ab Fm | Gm Gm/E Fm Ab/C | x4 | Gm/C Ab/F | Gm/C Ab/F | [Russian Part] | Gm/C | Ab/F | If you're not a female singer with a great voice then find one and play this with her…