Ugly Flowers chords by Fanny Lumsden

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: F

Verse 1:
C                G
Used to think geraniums
Dm           F   G
were an ugly flower
C                G
used to think if you had
             Dm
an in-ground pool,
                F  G
you had all the power
C                         F
you were elite if you had cable TV
    Dm                   F   G
and Pantene Pro V in the shower
C                       Dm
but change is man of the hour
C         F               Dm
and now I love those ugly flowers

Chorus:
           C
There were seven different cakes
       F
on the table that day
    Dm
for everyone's birthday
       G
in the month of May
C
Wal turned three
    F               Dm   G
and Grandpa, eighty-eight
          C
and it's not quite the same
               F
now grandma is gone
            Dm
she was the life of the party
       G
and it just feels wrong
    C
but Dot's out of town
   F                     Dm
so Mum stepped up to the plate
                G
and we all sing along
              C      F   G
and life goes on and on

Verse 2:
C                 G
We went to church sometimes
     Dm      F   G
when I was a child
C                 G
was just us, our grandparents
         Dm              F   G
and some lady that never smiled
C
it was forty degrees
    F
and there was no breeze
Dm                   F   G
we lay down on the tiles
F                        Dm     G
and it really did take a while
F                  Dm      G
to get that lady to smile

Chorus:
           C
There were seven different cakes
       F
on the table that day
    Dm
for everyone's birthday
                G
in the month of May
C
Wal turned three
    F               Dm  G
and Grandpa, eighty-eight
         C
and it's not quite the same
    F
now grandma is gone
            Dm
she was the life of the party
       G
and it just feels wrong
    C
but Dot's out of town
   F                     Dm   G
so Mum stepped up to the plate
G               Dm    G
and we all sing along
G             C      F   G
and life goes on and on
G         C
life goes on and on
                  F  G  G
and on and on and on

Bridge:
Dm                     F
Big families and small houses
       Dm                C      G
veneer walls and pressed trousers
Dm                         G  C G  C
secrets passed down in the idle hours
G   C         Dm   C
and all those ugly flowers

Instrumental:
C   Dm   F   G   C   Dm   F   G   G

Outro:
C                  G
I used to think geraniums
        Dm   F  G
were an ugly flower