The Gray Havens - Gray flowers

^C The color-coded town, They ^Amhad one rule no grays allowed, It was a^Dm7 great offense, ^G7 It brought no compliments,

^C A stranger to the town he came, ^Am And met a girl that very few would say, ^Dm7Is worth thinking of, ^G7 Still he fell in love,

^CAnd he brought ^E7her flowers ev^Am7ery day, And she ^Dm7loved them, She loved him she'd^G7 never felt that way, ^C But they said hey those ^E7flowers they are ^Am7gray,^C7 They can't stay no, no, well, ^Dm7well, We'll let it slide, ^G7but read our signs we don't like ^Cgrays,

^C Then one day they saw her in a dress, ^Am A gift from him it was gray and red, It ^Dm7stopped them in their tracks, ^G7 Ooo, they knew it matched,  ^C A revolution there was shortly found, ^AmInside that color-coded town, ^Dm7 Same happy, some enraged, So they ^G7marched on over to the place where,  ^CHe brought her ^E7flowers every ^Am7day, And she ^Dm7loved them, She loved him she'd^G7 never felt that way, ^C But they cried let's ^E7take him to his ^Am7grave^C7, He can't stay no, no, well, ^Dm7well, We've done told him once^G7, but now he's done,

^Dm7 Turn around if you don't we'll break you, ^Dm7 And you don't have anyone to save you,  ^Am7 He said, She needs me to ^C7stay, Cuz gray can take her sorrow, ^Dm7 So I will die tonight so she will know, ^G7 That gray will stay in the color-code, yeah  ^Dm7 For my love I will die you know, But ^G7before I do let the record show,

And she ^Dm7loved them, She loved me she'd^G7 never felt that way, ^C So if you ^E7feel you need some ^Am7gray,^C7 That's ok child, cuz^Dm7 you know you've just got to ask, ^G7 And I'll come back,  ^Dm7 You know you've just got to ask, ^G7 And I'll come back, oh ^Dm7 You know you've just got to ask, ^G7 And I'll come back to give you grace