Verse 1
       Cmaj7 
Dead flowers all around me 
          Am7 
Line the halls 
 
In every room 
  G7 
I used to find them pretty 
        Fmaj7 
Used to love their sweet perfume 
   G7                              Fmaj7 
Reminded me of the dandelions cut from my parents yard 
   G7                       Fmaj7 
Reminded me times I didn’t need to try so hard 
       Cmaj7 
Dead flowers 
      G7 
Dead flowers 
   Cmaj7 
Dead 
 
Verse 2
         Cmaj7 
Past midnight in a hotel room 
            Am7 
These late hours that I keep 
           G7 
Used to scream out stories from my bed 
        Fmaj7 
Kept my sister from her sleep 
   G7                              Fmaj7 
Reminds me of the times you told me I best settle down 
   G7                                 Fmaj7 
Reminds me of the names I earned when no one was around 
      Cmaj7 
Past midnight 
         G7 
Darkest moonlight 
   Cmaj7 
Dead 
 
Bridge
                G7 
And anytime I try to be mad 
               Fmaj7 
I seem to empathize 
                             G7 
When friends say you’re not right in the head 
                     Fmaj 
It don’t stop this crying 
                  Am 
I’m skating on a line 
              Fmaj7 
Trying to be fine 
                     G7 
I should be by now 
 
If I just count the years gone by 
 
Cmaj7   Am7   G7   Fmaj7 
G7      Fmaj7 
G7      Fmaj7 
 
Verse 3
       Cmaj7 
Dead flowers all around me 
         Am7 
I don’t keep them just for fun 
     G7                         Fmaj7 
They used to be a sign I would hide from everyone 
   G7                              Fmaj7 
Reminding me of consolation after words would cut 
   G7                                  Fmaj7 
Reminding me of all the ways that you kept my mouth shut 
 
   G7                                  Fmaj7 
Reminds me of the time you broke down my front door 
   G7                           Fmaj7 
Reminding me of how you cannot hurt me anymore