Intro
| Gm/C  Ab/C  | Gm/C  Ab/C  | Gm/F  Ab    | Gm/F  Ab  | Gm/C Gm Ab Fm | 
| Gm/C  Ab/C  | Gm/F  Ab    | Gm/F  Ab          | 
  
Verse 1
Gm/C            Ab/C                                Ab/C     (Gm/F Ab) x2 
The flowers you gave me are rotting and still I refuse to throw them away. 
Gm/C                            Ab/C 
Some of the bulbs never opened quite fully. 
          Gm/C                          Ab/C          Ab     Gm/F  Ab 
They might so I'm waiting and staying awake. 
  
Chorus
Bbm         Db/Ab           Eb7/G     Ab   Gm   Fm   Cm 
   Things I have loved I'm allowed to keep. 
Bbm       Db/Ab        Eb7/G  Ab   Gm   Fm   Cm 
   I'll never know if I go to sleep. 
  
Interlude
| Bbm   Db/Ab | Eb7/G       | Ab    Gm    | Fm    Cm    | 
| Gm/C  Ab/C  | Gm/C  Ab/C  | Gm/F  Ab    | Gm/F  Ab          | 
  
Verse 2 (Like first verse)
The papers around me are piling and twisting 
Regina the paper back mummy what then. 
I'm taking the knife to the books that I own 
and chopping and chopping and boiling soup stone. 
  
Chorus
Bbm         Db/Ab           Eb7/G     Ab   Gm   Fm   Cm 
   Things I have loved I'm allowed to keep. 
Bbm       Db/Ab        Eb7/G  Ab   Gm   Fm   Cm 
   I'll never know if I go to sleep. 
Bbm         Db/Ab           Eb7/G     Ab   Gm   Fm   Cm 
   Things I have loved I'm allowed to keep. 
Bbm       Db/Ab        Eb7/G  Ab   Gm   Fm   Cm 
   I'll never know if I go to sleep. 
  
Vocal Part
| Gm/C  Ab/C  | Gm/C  Ab/C  | x2 
  
| Gm/C Gm Ab Fm | Gm Gm/E Fm Ab/C | x4 
  
| Gm/C  Ab/F  | Gm/C  Ab/F  | 
  
Russian Part
| Gm/C  | Ab/F  |