Intro
| B | C#m | B |
[Verse 1]
C#m B
Flower of Shanghai.
C#m
Time is passing by.
Bmaj7
How long you're floating solitary?
C#m
Too late to stop, you're growing in me.
B
Please me, don't be shy.
C#m B
Flower of Shanghai.
[Verse 2]
B
Flower of Shanghai.
C#m C#m/A
Star but so nearby.
C#m B
Stay with me now don't turn away.
C#m
We sail till every minute's a day.
B
Please don't say goodbye.
C#m B B
Flower of Shanghai.
[Chorus]
G#m F#
Blue buoys are flowing.
E B
Sided by the sea.
C#m7 F#
Divided you are growing, little mystery.
B
Cumberland is waiting.
G#m
Be sure now to be free.
C#m F# B
If you want us to live endlessly.
[Break]
| C#m F# | B | B |
[Interlude]
| B | B | C#m7 | C#m7 |
| B | B | C#m7 | C#m7 |
| B | C#m7 | B | B |
(cello)
[Chorus]
G#m F#
Blue buoys are flowing.
E B
Sided by the sea.
C#m7 F#
Divided you are growing, little mystery.
B
Cumberland is waiting.
G#m
Be sure and carefully.
C#m7 F# B
If you want to stay my mystery.
[Break]
| C#m F# | B |
[Verse 3]
B
Flower of Shanghai.
C#m
Rider in the sky.
C#m7/F# F#7 B
Your hungry shadow flies over me.
C#m
I wish that I could catch you to keep.
F#7 B
Tell me why you cry.
C#m B
Flower of Shanghai.
[Outro]
B Bmaj7
Flower of Shanghai.
C#m7 C# B
Flower of Shanghai..