Mar102020

iyla – Flowers Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsF#m B E

KeyKeyCapo

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This is the chords of Flowers by iyla on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
F#m B E
I’m for what you got time for
F#m B
Make up your mind boy
E
That ain’t my style yeah
F#m B
Si vou plait
E
Don’t need bouquets
F#m
Just shut that down right now yeah
B
I need to take
E
I need some space
I need a break
F#m
You need a break
B E
We off the chain This
Can’t be love This
F#m
Can’t be war and raindrops
B E
That turn into tears falling

[Pre Chorus]
F#m B
As far as I know, don’t what the hold up is
E
we just cannot Hold up
F#m
Your words don’t mean a thing, you messed up
B E
everything, you can’t fix with roses

[Chorus]
F#m B E F#m B
Fck flowers fck flowers
E
what flowers?
F#m
They’re pretty and all but I’m scarred
B E
by the thorns on those Flowers
F#m B E
Fck Flowers What flowers?

[Verse 2]
F#m B
I loved you then
E
I love you not
F#m
This got to stop right now yeah
B
You need a break
E
I cannot fake
Woke I’m awake
F#m
Over the pain
B
Things gotta change
E
This can’t be love This
F#m B
Can’t be war and raindrops
E
That turn into tears falling

[Pre Chorus]
F#m B
As far as I know, don’t what the hold up is
E
we just cannot Hold up
F#m
Your words don’t mean a thing, you messed up
B E
everything, you can’t fix with roses

[Chorus]
F#m B E F#m B
Fck flowers, fck flowers
E
what flowers?
F#m
They’re pretty and all but I’m scarred
B E
by the thorns on those Flowers
F#m B E
Fck Flowers What flowers?
F#m B E
F#m B E
F#m B E
F#m B E

[Pre Chorus]
F#m B
As far as I know, don’t what the hold up is
E
we just cannot Hold up
F#m
Your words don’t mean a thing, you messed up
B E
everything, you can’t fix with roses

How to play Flowers: key, chords and progression

Flowers by iyla is in the key of E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). The song uses 3 chords: F#m, B and E.

The progression the song keeps returning to is F#m – B – E – F#m (ii – V – I – ii in E major). In solfa, that is reh – soh – doh – reh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes Em, A, D (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 33% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.