Key: B major•
Intro 1
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F#
F#sus4
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F#sus4
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Verse 1
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On the fourth floor of the building
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With the shallow window box
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F#
She's digging in the soil
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Her hands inside rubber gloves
Verse 2
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G#m
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Planting seeds, pulling up weeds
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The cycle of life is complete
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Who would have thought it,
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in a city of stone
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Four floors above the street
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Verse 3
F#sus4
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I cannot tell what kind of
G#m
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flowers they are
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I'm too far below on the street
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But the color they add to the
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build ing so drab
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welcome relief
Verse 4
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Yeah, it's something worthwhile
G#m
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For the sun to shine on
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A reason to radiate heat
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Well that small window box,
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It was a skip ping my feet
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Four floors be low on the street
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Verse 5
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G#m
For every good seed she plants in the soil
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There's a dozen bad waiting to grow
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To strangle the goodness
G#m
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she's trying to nurture
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G#m
F#
To kill all the seed that she's sown
Verse 6
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G#m
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Every time you water the garden
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You also water the weeds
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A foul administration of
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sin and temptation
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Four floors above the street
Interlude 1
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F#
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G#m
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F#sus4
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Verse 7
G#m
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stand why she does it
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Some people look for a reason
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G#m
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Maybe she just likes the feel of the soil
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G#m
Or keeping in tune
Verse 8
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G#m
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Maybe she has so much pride in herself
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Got to keep it all visually pleasing
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G#m
A small paradise in a world of concrete
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Four floors above the street
Verse 9
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G#m
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A small para
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G#m
dise in a world of concrete
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G#m
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A small paradise in a world of concrete
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G#m
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A small paradise in a world of concrete
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F#
Four floors above the
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street
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F#sus4
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB F# F#sus4 E G#m
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