Intro
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[Verse 1]
F#m E
Flower of Shanghai.
F#m
Time is passing by.
Emaj7
How long you're floating solitary?
F#m
Too late to stop, you're growing in me.
E
Please me, don't be shy.
F#m E
Flower of Shanghai.
[Verse 2]
E
Flower of Shanghai.
F#m F#m/D
Star but so nearby.
F#m E
Stay with me now don't turn away.
F#m
We sail till every minute's a day.
E
Please don't say goodbye.
F#m E E
Flower of Shanghai.
[Chorus]
C#m B
Blue buoys are flowing.
A E
Sided by the sea.
F#m7 B
Divided you are growing, little mystery.
E
Cumberland is waiting.
C#m
Be sure now to be free.
F#m B E
If you want us to live endlessly.
[Break]
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[Interlude]
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(cello)
[Chorus]
C#m B
Blue buoys are flowing.
A E
Sided by the sea.
F#m7 B
Divided you are growing, little mystery.
E
Cumberland is waiting.
C#m
Be sure and carefully.
F#m7 B E
If you want to stay my mystery.
[Break]
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[Verse 3]
E
Flower of Shanghai.
F#m
Rider in the sky.
F#m7/B B7 E
Your hungry shadow flies over me.
F#m
I wish that I could catch you to keep.
B7 E
Tell me why you cry.
F#m E
Flower of Shanghai.
[Outro]
E Emaj7
Flower of Shanghai.
F#m7 F# E
Flower of Shanghai..