The Other Favorites - Flower in the city
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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Intro]
B C#m F# B
[Verse 1]
BYou are a flower in the C#mcity
F#Growing up between the subway tBracks
BEach day I wish that I could take you wiC#mth me
F#And put you in my finest vase ofB glass
[Chorus]
D#mIf you stared at me for hours I'Dmd bC#me happy
D#mIf you blessed my life with sweetness I'Dmd sC#mtay sane
D#But to pick a flower is to pick its day of Edyin’
BSo I won't play God
F#And you'll remain B
B C#m F# B
[Verse 2]
BYou are the moon above mC#my window
F#Shining down upon my sleepless fBace
BOne night I pulled you down and we went C#mwalking
F#Through the empty streets alone in our eBmbrace
[Chorus]
D#mI could hold you here forever in this siDmlenC#mce
D#mWhere your light would shine for no one DmelsC#me but me
D#But to steal the moon is to doom the world to daErkness
BSo I won't play God;
F#I will set you free B
B C#m F# B
[Verse 3]
BYou are a flower in the C#mcity
F#Growing through the concrete by yoursBelf
BOh how I wish that I could take you withC#m me
F#But you can't grow in a prison on my sheBlf
[Outro]
F#No, you can't grow in a C#mprison on my sheBlf