Verse
Gmaj7
Dead flowers all around me
Em7
Line the halls
In every room
D7
I used to find them pretty
Cmaj7
Used to love their sweet perfume
D7 Cmaj7
Reminded me of the dandelions cut from my parents yard
D7 Cmaj7
Reminded me times I didn’t need to try so hard
Gmaj7
Dead flowers
D7
Dead flowers
Gmaj7
Dead
[Verse 2]
Gmaj7
Past midnight in a hotel room
Em7
These late hours that I keep
D7
Used to scream out stories from my bed
Cmaj7
Kept my sister from her sleep
D7 Cmaj7
Reminds me of the times you told me I best settle down
D7 Cmaj7
Reminds me of the names I earned when no one was around
Gmaj7
Past midnight
D7
Darkest moonlight
Gmaj7
Dead
[Bridge]
D7
And anytime I try to be mad
Cmaj7
I seem to empathize
D7
When friends say you’re not right in the head
Cmaj
It don’t stop this crying
Em
I’m skating on a line
Cmaj7
Trying to be fine
D7
I should be by now
If I just count the years gone by
Gmaj7 Em7 D7 Cmaj7
D7 Cmaj7
D7 Cmaj7
[Verse 3]
Gmaj7
Dead flowers all around me
Em7
I don’t keep them just for fun
D7 Cmaj7
They used to be a sign I would hide from everyone
D7 Cmaj7
Reminding me of consolation after words would cut
D7 Cmaj7
Reminding me of all the ways that you kept my mouth shut
D7 Cmaj7
Reminds me of the time you broke down my front door
D7 Cmaj7
Reminding me of how you cannot hurt me anymore