Asking For Flowers
By Kathleen Edwards
Capo on 2

G
It's complicated technically I'm certified

C
A walking declaration of everything I couldn't get right

G
Time is just an anchor but 7 years I think I'm right

C
Now you've changed your number it's like a noose around my life



Em
Every pill I took in vain

C
Every meal for you I made

Am                  C   D
Every penny I put away



C              G
Asking for flowers

D                Am
Is like asking you to be nice

Em                         C
Don't tell me you're too tired

Am                         C     G
10 years I've been working nights



G
My life is like a picture left out too long in the sun

C
Now I'm trying to remember all the faces of the names I've loved

G
And all that's left of me now is a cigarette burning bright

C
And a fading memory of all the things I tried to get right



Em
Every pill I took in vain

C
Every meal for you I made

Am                  C   D
Every penny I put away

C              G
Asking for flowers

D                        Am                          
Is like asking you to be nice

Em                         C
Don't tell me you're too tired

Am                         C     G
10 years I've been working nights



Em
Every pill I took in vain

C
Every meal for you I made

Em
Every bill I went and paid

C
Every card I signed my name

Em
Every time I poured my heart out

C
Every threat you made to move out

Em                          
Every cruel word you let just slip out

C                                  Em
Every cruel word you let just slip out



C              G
Asking for flowers

D                        Am                          
Is like asking you to be nice

Em                         C
Don't tell me you're too tired

Am                         C     G
10 years I've been working nights