Intro
| C | Dm | C |
[Verse 1]
Dm C
Flower of Shanghai.
Dm
Time is passing by.
Cmaj7
How long you're floating solitary?
Dm
Too late to stop, you're growing in me.
C
Please me, don't be shy.
Dm C
Flower of Shanghai.
[Verse 2]
C
Flower of Shanghai.
Dm Dm/A#
Star but so nearby.
Dm C
Stay with me now don't turn away.
Dm
We sail till every minute's a day.
C
Please don't say goodbye.
Dm C C
Flower of Shanghai.
[Chorus]
Am G
Blue buoys are flowing.
F C
Sided by the sea.
Dm7 G
Divided you are growing, little mystery.
C
Cumberland is waiting.
Am
Be sure now to be free.
Dm G C
If you want us to live endlessly.
[Break]
| Dm G | C | C |
[Interlude]
| C | C | Dm7 | Dm7 |
| C | C | Dm7 | Dm7 |
| C | Dm7 | C | C |
(cello)
[Chorus]
Am G
Blue buoys are flowing.
F C
Sided by the sea.
Dm7 G
Divided you are growing, little mystery.
C
Cumberland is waiting.
Am
Be sure and carefully.
Dm7 G C
If you want to stay my mystery.
[Break]
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[Verse 3]
C
Flower of Shanghai.
Dm
Rider in the sky.
Dm7/G G7 C
Your hungry shadow flies over me.
Dm
I wish that I could catch you to keep.
G7 C
Tell me why you cry.
Dm C
Flower of Shanghai.
[Outro]
C Cmaj7
Flower of Shanghai.
Dm7 D C
Flower of Shanghai..