When No Flowers Grow chords by Merle Haggard, The Strangers

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
I don't  (D major) know how long
G 
I stand  (G major) at the window
D 
Watch (D major) ing crosswinds erase
E 
A 
all her tracks  (E major) in the snow  (A major) 
D 
In her mind,  (D major) it's springtime,
G 
she  (G major) goes to pick some flowers
D 
In the cold  (D major) dead winter,
A 
when  (A major) no flowers grow
D 
 (D major) 

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Verse 2

Many doctors have tried

But tried in vain,

to make my darling well

They say it would take a miracle

And only time will tell

Verse 3
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D 
Her mind  (A major) is in  (D major) another world
G 
Her own little  (G major) world
D 
So she picks flower (D major) s in
the cold dead of winter
A 
D 
At a time  (A major) no flower (D major) s grow

Verse 4
D 
There was a  (D major) time when her
A 
D 
 (A major) mind  (D major) was sound
G 
When she picked  (G major) pretty
flowers in the spring
D 
She and little  (D major) Mac and I
would take to the country
E 
 (E major) When we heard the first Robin sing
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 5
D 
 (D major) 
We loaded our car with daisies
G 
D 
G 
Blue bun (G major) s, buttercups and  (D major) marigold (G major) s
D 
But life  (D major) had a way of bringing the winter
A 
D 
And  (A major) a time when no flower (D major) s grow

Verse 6
D 
Little  (D major) Mac had been making a snowman
G 
 (G major) And you know how little kids are
D 
 (D major) They soon get tired of playin'
E 
one game  (E major) 
A 
Well, Mac had  (A major) crawled
under the car
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 7
G 
His mama twirled the key (G major) s, she
threw me a kiss
D 
And said,  (D major) "Watch little Mac,
A 
D 
don't let  (A major) him get cold"  (D major) 
Well, that was two years ago
G 
and it's winter again  (G major) 
D 
And a  (D major) time when no flowers grow
E 
A 
 (E major)  (A major) 

Verse 8
A 
D 
 (A major) I  know  (D major) there's a star called
little Mac
G 
Somewhere up  (G major) there, with the rest
D 
And maybe  (D major) someday, she'll see it
A 
D 
 (A major) But then, maybe  (D major) for her, this way is the best

Verse 9
D 
 (D major) I  watched her arrange bare
G 
branches in a vase  (G major) 
D 
Her flowers,  (D major) she picked from the snow
E 
 (E major) And sometimes,
A 
D 
they look like  (A major) flowers to me  (D major) 
G 
 (G major) At a time, when no flowers grow

Interlude 1

Verse 10
D 
G 
I don't know  (D major) how long I stand  (G major) 
at the window
D 
Watching  (D major) crosswinds erase
E 
A 
all her tracks  (E major) in the snow  (A major) 
D 
In her mind,  (D major) it's springtime and she
G 
goes  (G major) to pick some flowers
D 
In the cold  (D major) dead of winter,
A 
D 
when  (A major) no flowers  (D major) grow
In the cold dead of winter,
A 
when no  (A major) flowers grow
D 
 (D major) 