Flowers — Nathaniel Rateliff
Chords and lyrics for Flowers by Nathaniel Rateliff (key of C).
Intro
[C]
Verse 1
[C]You can look at a rose, just any rose[Dm]
[Dm]Accept that it's perfect
Let it dry on the [G]wall
But what is its purpose?
What is its [F]purpose?[C]
Verse 2
[C]I could take in your eyes, Still never [Dm]know
Bathe in the wind
to just watch it blow[G]
to Find that it's curtains
It's curtains for [F]me
Refrain 1
[F]It’s curtains for me
It's [C]curtains
Verse 2
[C]you were covered in ash, Holding our [Dm]bones
Called out their names
Words just felt cold[G]
They never came home
Never came [F]home[C][F]
Verse 4
[C]harbor the truth, was I talking in [Dm]tongues
Smoke covers my eyes
Covers the sun[G]
Did you learn how to run
Twisted up vines[F]
Refrain 2
[F]it's carved itself in
It's [C]carved
Bridge
[C]I could take on your lies, Admit that I’m wrong[Dm]
That there was a place
That you looked at those stones[G]
you built up a wall
To hide yourself in[F]
To hide yourself in
You [C]hide
Outro
[C]I could look at a rose, unlike any [Dm]rose
petals will fall
How will it grow[G]
How you look at the surface
Its just Flowers mixed with [F]leaves
Flowers mixed with leaves
[C]Flowers
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