The Flowers Will Never Die
Piano demo 1969
Elton John/Bernie Taupin

E	       A		        E		       A
I watch the raindrops falling on my window pane
E		       A			E	       A
All the bloomed forget-me-nots won't falter in the rain
B7			E		A
Electric light bulbs cannot replace the sun
				     B7
And picture postcards can't reveal all the things we've done

chorus:
E	A       	        E	    E/Eb  C#m
And the flowers will never ever die
B	E		     B	B7
And the flowers will never die
         E		       A		E	E/Eb	 C#m	C#m/B
And autumn in the country cannot withhold the sky
A	B	        B7	      E
And the flowers will never die

He spreads his cloudy blanket on a raging sea
And calms the cruel waves with the help of powers that be
The hours fly by, the clock ticks on manoeuvring its hands
While the autumn leaves fall from the trees and return into the land

E	A       	        E	    E/Eb  C#m
And the flowers will never ever die
B	E		     B	B7
And the flowers will never die
         E		       A		E	E/Eb	 C#m	C#m/B
And autumn in the country cannot withhold the sky
A	B	        B7	      E
And the flowers will never die

C7

F	Bb       	        F	    F/E    Dm
And the flowers will never ever die
C	F		     C	C7
And the flowers will never die
         F		       Bb		F	F/E	 Dm	Dm/C
And autumn in the country cannot withhold the sky
Bb	C	        	      F
And the flowers will never die
Bb	 A		    Dm
And the flowers will never die
Bb	C		      F
And the flowers will never die