Flower Lady chords by Phil Ochs
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Intro 1
(G major) (E minor) (A major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor) (B major) (E minor) (G major) (B minor) (G major) (B minor) (E minor) (D major)
(Asus4) (A major) (D major)
Million (G major) aires and
Verse 1
(D major) paupers (G major) walk the (D major) hungry streets (G major)
(D major) (G major)
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Verse 2
(D major) Rich (G major) an d poor compan
(D major) ion (G major) s (B minor) of the (A major) restless beat
(F sharp minor) Bm C
Strangers in a (G major) foreign land
(F sharp minor) Bm C
Strike a match with trembling (G major) hand
Bm Em C D (F sharp minor)
Learn too much to (B minor) ever (G major) understand (A major)
C D G C G
But nobody's (G major) buying (A major) flower
(D major) s from the (G major) flower lady
(D major)
Verse 3
Lover (G major) 's quarrel,
snarl (D major) away (G major) their (D major) happiness (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
Kissed (G major) crumble (D major) in a
(B minor) web of (A major) lonliness
It's (F sharp minor) written by the
(G major) poison pen (F sharp minor)
Voices break be (G major) fore they bend
(F sharp minor) The door is slammed
It's over, (B minor) (G major) once (A major) again
But nobody's (G major) buying (A major) flower
(D major) s from the (G major) flower lady
(D major)
Verse 4
Poet (G major) s agon (D major) ize,
they (G major) cannot (D major) find the words (G major)
(D major) (G major) And (D major) the stone stares (G major) at the (D major) sculptor
(B minor) asks "are (A major) you absurd?"
The (F sharp minor) painter paints his
(G major) brushes back (F sharp minor)
Through the canvas (G major) runs a crack (F sharp minor)
Portrait of the pain (B minor) nev (G major) er answers (A major) back
But nobody's (G major) buying (A major) flower (D major) s from
the (G major) flower lady
Interlude 1
(D major) (G major) (E minor) (A major) (D major)
Soldier (G major) s, disil
Verse 5
(D major) lusioned,
(G major) come home (D major) from the (G major) war (D major) (G major)
Sarcastic (D major) (G major) students (D major) tell them
(B minor) not to fight (A major) no more (F sharp minor)
And they argue (G major) through the night (F sharp minor)
Black is black (G major) and white is white (F sharp minor)
Walk away both knowing (B minor) (G major) they are (A major) right
But nobody's (G major) buying (A major) flower
(D major) s from the (G major) flower lady
(D major)
Verse 6
Smoke dreams (G major) of es (D major) caping souls (G major)
are (D major) drifting by (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
Dull (G major) the pain of (D major) living (B minor)
as they (A major) slowly die
(F sharp minor) Smiles change in (G major) to a sneer
washed away (F sharp minor) by (G major) whiskey tears
In the quicksand (F sharp minor) of their
mind (B minor) they (G major) disap (A major) pear
Still (Asus4) nobody's (G major) buying (A major) flower
(D major) s from the (G major) flower lady
(D major)
Verse 7
Feeble, (G major) aged,
(D major) people (G major) almost (D major) to their knees (G major) (D major) (G major)
Com (D major) plain about (G major) the present (D major)
(B minor) using (A major) memories (F sharp minor)
Never found their (G major) pot of gold (F sharp minor)
Wrinkled hands pound (G major) weary holes
Each (F sharp minor) line screams out you're old, you're (B minor) old,
(G major) you're old (A major)
But nobody's (G major) buying (A major) flower (D major) s from
the (G major) flower lady
Interlude 2
(D major) (G major) (E minor) (G major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 8
And the flower lady (D major) hobbles home
(G major) without (D major) a sale
Tattered shreds of petals leave a
(Esus4) fad (E minor) ing (Asus4) trail (A major) (F sharp minor)
Not a pause to (G major) hold a rose (F sharp minor)
Even she no (G major) longer knows
(F sharp minor) The lamp goes out the (B minor) evening
(G major) now is (A major) closed (F sharp minor)
(A major) And nobody's (G major) buying (A major) flower (D major) s from the (G major) flower lady
Outro 1
(D major) (G major)
(E minor) (G major) (A major) (D major) (B minor) (G major) (E minor) (A major) (B major) (E major) (F sharp major) (B major) (E major) (B major)
Flower Lady
Phil Ochs
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