by Matt Robert from the Hat on, Drinking Wine Cd "Plastic Flowers" Light country shuffle instrumental intro: Once through verse D It must have been coming on June in the year D7 When I passed down a street and I saw you G sitting there Bmin Alone in your yard in a beat-up folding A plastic chair Well the sun beat down but you found some shade You were sitting all alone in a garden that you made Where each blade of grass and soldier straight flower obeyed And I looked at you but to my surprise Across generations eyes me eyes And I tried to understand But your taut lips they never said hi Chorus: G Was your mind trained on the living or the dead Emin On the long road behind or the short road ahead Bmin Did you take some comfort in colors that don't fade Emin Were you hiding from the sun in your little A bit of shade Did you trade the moment for eternity Make permanence a friend, time an enemy Were you killing time or savoring the hours Seeking salvation in rows of plastic flowers Solo over verse: guitar, piano, guitar Chorus Key change to E E I couldn't stop to ask I had somewhere to be E7 A Had something to do, somebody else to see C#min Had seeds to sow that might finally set me B free So I went on home to my own little garden All the fragile, vivid blooms that live for just a few hours Took my son's tiny hand and watched a perfect sun falling in a limitless sky And I thought about my life and the passing of time All the flowers I'd plant and the trees I might climb In my own tiny yard if there were ever ever enough time. Chorus: A - F#min - C#min - F#min - B Outro: once through verse [Thanks to Matt for tabs] by Matt Robert from the Hat on, Drinking Wine Cd "Plastic Flowers" Light country shuffle instrumental intro: Once through verse D It must have been coming on June in the year D7 When I passed down a street and I saw you
G sitting there Bmin Alone in your yard in a beat-up folding A plastic chair Well the sun beat down but you found some shade You were sitting all alone in a garden that you made Where each blade of grass and soldier straight flower obeyed And I looked at you but to my surprise Across generations eyes me eyes And I tried to understand But your taut lips they never said hi Chorus: G Was your mind trained on the living or the dead Emin On the long road behind or the short road ahead Bmin Did you take some comfort in colors that don't fade Emin Were you hiding from the sun in your little A bit of shade Did you trade the moment for eternity Make permanence a friend, time an enemy Were you killing time or savoring the hours Seeking salvation in rows of plastic flowers Solo over verse: guitar, piano, guitar Chorus Key change to E E I couldn't stop to ask I had somewhere to be E7 A Had something to do, somebody else to see C#min Had seeds to sow that might finally set me B free So I went on home to my own little garden All the fragile, vivid blooms that live for just a few hours Took my son's tiny hand and watched a perfect sun falling in a limitless sky And I thought about my life and the passing of time All the flowers I'd plant and the trees I might climb In my own tiny yard if there were ever ever enough time. Chorus: A - F#min - C#min - F#min - B Outro: once through verse [Thanks to Matt for tabs]