The flowers and the guns
C - Em - A7 - Dm - G - C - Am - Dm - G
C Dm G C
1. Where are the flowers that we put into the
muzzles of the guns ?
F
G
C
Dried up and pressed inside a
frame, they never get a second glance.
F
E
The love that we would banish
war with,
Am
D
on bombed out streets
now naked stands.
C Am F
G C
Where are the flowers that we
put into the muzzles of the guns ?
C Dm
G C
2. Where is the innocence of youth, the stars that once were in our
eyes?
F
G C
When did we learn to cover
truth with our excuses and our lives ?
F
E -
Am D
When did our ideals falter? Tell
me, when did we change our plans ?
C Am F
G C
Where are the flowers that we
put into the muzzles of the guns ?
B7
Em
Our lives from others we have
learned to separate,
A7 Dm
from evil we avert our eyes,
G C
Am
more often war it is, and not
love that we make,
D7
G -
G7
and all the time we compromi......se.
C Dm
G
C
3. We used to turn the other
cheek, but now we turn our face away,
F
G C
we were the blessed and the
meek, our future brighter than the day.
F
E
But we’ve forgotten Luther’s
message,
Am D
we never ask ourselves, not
once :
C Am F
G C
Where are the flowers that we
put into the muzzles of the guns ?
B7
Em
But we were right, and as we
pat each other’s backs,
A7 Dm
our principles we now betray,
G C
Am
and year on year as we
progress and we advance,
D7 G - G7
it’s not just hair that’s
turning gre.........y.
+ instrumental = verse 1
C
F G C
4. Where are the flowers that
we put into the muzzles of the guns ?
C
Em F
Where are the flowers that we
put into the muzzles of the guns ?
F
G
C
Where are the lessons we would pass on to our daughters and our sons ?
F C
F
Where are the lessons we would pass on to our daughters and our sons ?
F
E
And did we ever make a
difference ?
Am
And will we ever make a
difference ?
D
C
Did we ever stand a chance ?
Or will we ever stand a chance ?
Am F
G
C - C7
Where are the flowers that we
put into the muzzles of the guns ?
F E - Am D
Did we ever make a difference
? And did we ever stand a chance ?
C Am F
G Am
Where are the flowers that we
put into the muzzles of the guns ?
+ Dm - G - C
(orig. = capo 4th) (George
Papavgeris)