FLOWERS NEVER BEND


Paul Simon 
Album : Songbook  1965	

VERSE 1
G (320003@1)		Bm7Through (x20202@1)the corridors of sleep

  	C9 (x3233x@1)GPast (320003@1)the shadows dark and deep

Bm (x24432@1)	C9 (x3233x@1)   G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)GMy (320003@1)mind dances and leaps in confusion.

G (320003@1)	BmI (x24432@1)dont know what is real,

	C9 (x3233x@1)GI (320003@1)can't touch what I feel

	Bm (x24432@1)C9 (x3233x@1)GAnd (320003@1)I hide behind the shield of my illusion.

CHORUS:

D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C		G (320003@1)EmSo (022000@1)I'll continue to continue to pretend

Am7 (x02010@1)    EmMy (022000@1)life will never end,

       A (x02220@1)  CAnd (x32010@1)flowers never bend

	    Gsus4 (3x0013@1)GWith (320003@1)the rainfall.

VERSE 2

G (320003@1) 		Bm7The (x20202@1)mirror on my wall

 	C9 (x3233x@1)GCasts (320003@1)an image dark and small

Bm (x24432@1)  C9 (x3233x@1)    G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)GBut (320003@1)Im not sure at all its my reflection.

G (320003@1) 		Bm7I (x20202@1)am blinded by the light

 C9 (x3233x@1)       GOf (320003@1)God and truth and right

        Bm (x24432@1)       C9 (x3233x@1)	G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)GAnd (320003@1)I wander in the night without direction.

CHORUS

VERSE 3:

     G (320003@1) 		Bm7Its (x20202@1)no matter if youre born

 	C9 (x3233x@1)GTo (320003@1)play the king or pawn

      Bm (x24432@1)C9 (x3233x@1)	G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)GFor (320003@1)the line is thinly drawn tween joy and sorrow,

G (320003@1) 	Bm7So (x20202@1)my fantasy

 C9 (x3233x@1)   GBecomes (320003@1)reality
        Bm (x24432@1)C9 (x3233x@1)G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)GAnd (320003@1)I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.

CHORUS