this is one of my favorite songs by tom waits .
it sounds really beautiful with a not as raspy voice
sings it ( no offense tom ) . it is pretty simple . standard
tuning . if you want the right key put a capo on the first
fret . you need to have a real low voice to match his key .
i usually end up putting a capo on the second or third
fret so i can reach the lower notes . also , it takes A
while to get used to his rhythm and sound in the song .
but anyways , here is the chords if you don’t already
know them :
C : x32010
F : xx3211
G : 320003
E : 022100
Am : x02210
C/B : x20010
C7 x32310
Fm : x33111
C F
someday the silver moon and i will go to dreamland
G C
i will close my eyes and wake up there in dreamland
E Am
and tell me who will put flowers on a flower’s grave?
F G
who will say a prayer?
C F
will i meet a china rose there in dreamland?
G C
or does love lie bleeding in dreamland?
C/B F
are these days forever and always?
C
and if we are to die tonight
G C C7
is there a moonlight up ahead?
F C
and if we are to die tonight
G C
another rose will bloom
F C
for a faded rose
E F
will i be the one that you save?
F Fm
i love when it showers
C F
but no one puts flowers
C G C
on a flower’s grave
F C
as one rose blooms and another will die
G C C7
it’s always been that way
F Fm
i remember the showers
C F
but no one puts flowers
C G C
on a flower’s grave
F C
and if we are to die tonight
G C C7
is there a moonlight up ahead?
F Fm
i remember the showers
C F
but no one puts flowers
C G C
on a flower’s grave
this is one of my favorite songs by tom waits .
it sounds really beautiful with a not as raspy voice
sings it ( no offense tom ) . it is pretty simple . standard
tuning . if you want the right key put a capo on the first
fret . you need to have a real low voice to match his key .
i usually end up putting a capo on the second or third
fret so i can reach the lower notes . also , it takes A
while to get used to his rhythm and sound in the song .
but anyways , here is the chords if you don’t already
know them :
C : x32010
F : xx3211
G : 320003
E : 022100
Am : x02210
C/B : x20010
C7 x32310
Fm : x33111
C F
someday the silver moon and i will go to dreamland
G C
i will close my eyes and wake up there in dreamland
E Am
and tell me who will put flowers on a flower’s grave?
F G
who will say a prayer?
C F
will i meet a china rose there in dreamland?
G C
or does love lie bleeding in dreamland?
C/B F
are these days forever and always?
C
and if we are to die tonight
G C C7
is there a moonlight up ahead?
F C
and if we are to die tonight
G C
another rose will bloom
F C
for a faded rose
E F
will i be the one that you save?
F Fm
i love when it showers
C F
but no one puts flowers
C G C
on a flower’s grave
F C
as one rose blooms and another will die
G C C7
it’s always been that way
F Fm
i remember the showers
C F
but no one puts flowers
C G C
on a flower’s grave
F C
and if we are to die tonight
G C C7
is there a moonlight up ahead?
F Fm
i remember the showers
C F
but no one puts flowers
C G C
on a flower’s grave
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