Verse
Cmaj7
Dead flowers all around me
Am7
Line the halls
In every room
G7
I used to find them pretty
Fmaj7
Used to love their sweet perfume
G7 Fmaj7
Reminded me of the dandelions cut from my parents yard
G7 Fmaj7
Reminded me times I didn’t need to try so hard
Cmaj7
Dead flowers
G7
Dead flowers
Cmaj7
Dead
[Verse 2]
Cmaj7
Past midnight in a hotel room
Am7
These late hours that I keep
G7
Used to scream out stories from my bed
Fmaj7
Kept my sister from her sleep
G7 Fmaj7
Reminds me of the times you told me I best settle down
G7 Fmaj7
Reminds me of the names I earned when no one was around
Cmaj7
Past midnight
G7
Darkest moonlight
Cmaj7
Dead
[Bridge]
G7
And anytime I try to be mad
Fmaj7
I seem to empathize
G7
When friends say you’re not right in the head
Fmaj
It don’t stop this crying
Am
I’m skating on a line
Fmaj7
Trying to be fine
G7
I should be by now
If I just count the years gone by
Cmaj7 Am7 G7 Fmaj7
G7 Fmaj7
G7 Fmaj7
[Verse 3]
Cmaj7
Dead flowers all around me
Am7
I don’t keep them just for fun
G7 Fmaj7
They used to be a sign I would hide from everyone
G7 Fmaj7
Reminding me of consolation after words would cut
G7 Fmaj7
Reminding me of all the ways that you kept my mouth shut
G7 Fmaj7
Reminds me of the time you broke down my front door
G7 Fmaj7
Reminding me of how you cannot hurt me anymore