Intro
| A | Bm | A |
[Verse 1]
Bm A
Flower of Shanghai.
Bm
Time is passing by.
Amaj7
How long you're floating solitary?
Bm
Too late to stop, you're growing in me.
A
Please me, don't be shy.
Bm A
Flower of Shanghai.
[Verse 2]
A
Flower of Shanghai.
Bm Bm/G
Star but so nearby.
Bm A
Stay with me now don't turn away.
Bm
We sail till every minute's a day.
A
Please don't say goodbye.
Bm A A
Flower of Shanghai.
[Chorus]
F#m E
Blue buoys are flowing.
D A
Sided by the sea.
Bm7 E
Divided you are growing, little mystery.
A
Cumberland is waiting.
F#m
Be sure now to be free.
Bm E A
If you want us to live endlessly.
[Break]
| Bm E | A | A |
[Interlude]
| A | A | Bm7 | Bm7 |
| A | A | Bm7 | Bm7 |
| A | Bm7 | A | A |
(cello)
[Chorus]
F#m E
Blue buoys are flowing.
D A
Sided by the sea.
Bm7 E
Divided you are growing, little mystery.
A
Cumberland is waiting.
F#m
Be sure and carefully.
Bm7 E A
If you want to stay my mystery.
[Break]
| Bm E | A |
[Verse 3]
A
Flower of Shanghai.
Bm
Rider in the sky.
Bm7/E E7 A
Your hungry shadow flies over me.
Bm
I wish that I could catch you to keep.
E7 A
Tell me why you cry.
Bm A
Flower of Shanghai.
[Outro]
A Amaj7
Flower of Shanghai.
Bm7 B A
Flower of Shanghai..