Roy Orbison – Flowers (Guitar Intro)
Key
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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Tabbed by: maguri
(Orbison/Dees)
B-Side of the 1968 single “Walk On”
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[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
E-A-D-G-B-e
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]
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 C Life's bouquet C D7 G7 Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers C 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 Db Life's bouquet Db Eb7 Ab7 Flowers, pretty flowers, flowers Db Along the way
[Interlude]
| Db Ebm | Fm Ebm |
| D Em | F#m Em |
[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 D 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