Intro
| F# | G#m | F# |
[Verse 1]
G#m F#
Flower of Shanghai.
G#m
Time is passing by.
F#maj7
How long you're floating solitary?
G#m
Too late to stop, you're growing in me.
F#
Please me, don't be shy.
G#m F#
Flower of Shanghai.
[Verse 2]
F#
Flower of Shanghai.
G#m G#m/E
Star but so nearby.
G#m F#
Stay with me now don't turn away.
G#m
We sail till every minute's a day.
F#
Please don't say goodbye.
G#m F# F#
Flower of Shanghai.
[Chorus]
D#m C#
Blue buoys are flowing.
B F#
Sided by the sea.
G#m7 C#
Divided you are growing, little mystery.
F#
Cumberland is waiting.
D#m
Be sure now to be free.
G#m C# F#
If you want us to live endlessly.
[Break]
| G#m C# | F# | F# |
[Interlude]
| F# | F# | G#m7 | G#m7 |
| F# | F# | G#m7 | G#m7 |
| F# | G#m7 | F# | F# |
(cello)
[Chorus]
D#m C#
Blue buoys are flowing.
B F#
Sided by the sea.
G#m7 C#
Divided you are growing, little mystery.
F#
Cumberland is waiting.
D#m
Be sure and carefully.
G#m7 C# F#
If you want to stay my mystery.
[Break]
| G#m C# | F# |
[Verse 3]
F#
Flower of Shanghai.
G#m
Rider in the sky.
G#m7/C# C#7 F#
Your hungry shadow flies over me.
G#m
I wish that I could catch you to keep.
C#7 F#
Tell me why you cry.
G#m F#
Flower of Shanghai.
[Outro]
F# F#maj7
Flower of Shanghai.
G#m7 G# F#
Flower of Shanghai..