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Flower In The Sun by Sam Andrew, performed by Janis Joplin 1970 Intro - F#m (mute) F#m (mute) F#m (mute) F#m (mute) Bm (ring)
EOh please don't you D7think baby that I am F#mwrong to cry, A7yeah. EYou loved me, D7too, F#mSo how come you just sit there and A7laugh And laugh and Bmlaugh and laugh ? BmThings just can't be C#mthis way And not for very F#mlong F#mNo no no no no no no no no no no Dno no no. Our love affair Esaid it's just history, F#myes it Bmis.
EAnd I tried to D7love you in my own waF#my, I think that you A7know I did. EBut to have you D7here, F#mto see you living, oh so near to A7me, yeah, Bmyeah, yeah. Oh but you C#mare distant and so it's dead F#mAnd so often people are glad to bDe old, yeah yeah, EOur love affair is just F#mhistory, yes it isG. Ab
AOnce in a greGen AbtimAe a flower AOh, fell in lGoveAb wiAth the sun. AThe passion lGastAbed Afor an hour And then she F#mwilted from her Bmloved one.
-- break -- rhthym plays Part A Chords (first eight-second verse and lead into Part B with G slide up to A) E D7 F#m A7 E D7 F#m A7 Bm C#m F#m D E F#m G Ab -- end break --
AOnce in a greGen AbtimAe a flower AOh, fell in lGoveAb wiAth the sun. AThe passion lGastAbed Afor an hour And then she F#mwilted from her Bmloved one.
EAnd I see you lookinD7g up at the F#msky, how high it A7is, yeah. EYou wonder if there D7is, whoa another me F#mNow how can that be, A7how can it be ? BmWell, I sit here and I ask C#myou, why all this ?F#m F#mI just got toni-ni-ni-night D Our love affair Esaid it's just a F#mhistory But baby, baby, DI said it's over, Charlie, EI can't stand another F#mlo-lo-lonely, I'm A7never too lonely.
DIt's over baby, EWhere were you when I F#mwanted ya And needed ya A7right by my side ? I said-a, Dbaby, Ebaby, F#mdon't you feel me A7moving, DBaby, Edon't F#myou hear me A7cry ? DI knowE I hurF#mt you, but LA7ord don't you know I cried, DI knowE I hurF#mt you, but bA7abe don't you know I tried, DOh babEy, oh F#mbabe, whoa. G Ab A
------------------------------------------------------ "Flower In The Sun" is a song by Janis Joplin that for the first time, appeared on the singer's posthumous In Concert album from 1972, which was released after her death, in 1970.[2] This song, originally, was recorded by Janis Joplin and her third band to sing with, the Full Tilt Boogie Band. She recorded it in 1970, when she began her work with the new band. After Joplin's death, "Flower In The Sun" was included in re-releases of her albums. One of those albums was the Cheap Thrills album.