Feb142018

Willow Smith – Flowers Chord Progression on Piano, Guitar, Ukulele and Keyboard

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This is the chord progression of flowers by willow smith on piano, guitar, ukulele and keyboard.

[Verse 1]
Gm7 Dm7
You wished upon a star
F/Bb Fsus2 Dm7 Ebmaj7
Saw the mother snap back and now you’re where you started
Ab13 Gm7 Dm7
My heart aches when I see your face
F/Bb Fsus2 Dm7
That’s the story of this life but my soul saw it twice
Ebmaj7
Never had a problem but my soul seems to fight through the artifice of life

[Hook]
Ab13
But it’s the flower
Gm7
It’s the flower
Dm7 F/Bb
(I-I-)It’s the flower

It’s the flower
Fsus2
(I-I-)It’s the flower
Dm7 Ebmaj7
We were walking on clouds but the greys came down and they wiped us all out

[Hook]
Ab13
But it’s the flower
Gm7
It’s the flower
Dm7 F/Bb
(I-I-)It’s the flower

It’s the flower
Fsus2
(I-I-)It’s the flower
Dm7 Ebmaj7
We were walking on clouds but the greys came down and they wiped us all out

But it’s the flower

[Verse 2]
Gm7 Dm7
I wanna be an atlantean
F/Bb Fsus2
Let’s get the 10, let’s get the 10 by 4
Dm7
And we’ll knock down the door, knock down the door
Ebmaj7
We’ll see what they’ve been hiding
Ab13 Gm7
Let me tell you bout the story of Poseidon
Dm7 F/Bb Fsus2
He was a young boy who was enlightened, kinda like Jaden
Dm7 Ebmaj7
Kinda like the way we, look in the sky and we see the chem trails
Ab13 Gm7 Dm7 F/Bb
And we nearly all cried, and then they just die we merely just tried to help them
Fsus2 Dm7
The government is tryna tryna sell them not help them
Ebmaj7
But, the indigos are here we remembered
Ab13
Remembered how we can all shift the weather
Gm7 Dm7 F/Bb
Because, love is the air we breathe, the people we see
Fsus2 Dm7
The realization that were all in unity
Ebmaj7
So you and me, and I and I
Ab13
We’re the flower

[Bridge]
Gm7
We’re the flower
Dm7 F/Bb
(We-we-)We’re the flower

We’re the flower
Fsus2
(I-I-)It’s the flower
Dm7 Ebmaj7
We were walking on clouds but the greys came down and they wiped us all out

[Hook]
Ab13
But it’s the flower
Gm7
It’s the flower
Dm7 F/Bb
(I-I-)It’s the flower

It’s the flower
Fsus2
(I-I-)It’s the flower
Dm7 Ebmaj7
We were walking on clouds but the greys came down and they wiped us all out

But it’s the flower

[Outro]
Gm7 Dm7 F/Bb Fsus2 Dm7 Ebmaj7 Ab13
(Just go, just go)
Gm7 Dm7 F/Bb Fsus2 Dm7
(We were walking on clouds but the greys came down
Ebmaj7 Ab13
and they wiped us all out then we fell down, baby)

How to play Flowers: key, chords and progression

Flowers by Willow Smith is built around G minor (two flats: B♭, E♭), with 6 chords in all: Gm7, Dm7, F/Bb, Fsus2, Ebmaj7 and Ab13.

The backbone of the song is Gm7 – Dm7 – F/Bb – Fsus2 (i7 – v7 – VII – VIIsus2 in G minor). Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes Em7, Bm7, D, Dsus2, Cmaj7, F13 (67% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 17% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

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Flowers chords: questions

What key is Flowers in?

Flowers by Willow Smith is centred on G minor (two flats: B♭, E♭).

What chords are in Flowers?

Flowers uses 6 chords: Gm7, Dm7, F/Bb, Fsus2, Ebmaj7, Ab13.

What is the chord progression of Flowers?

The main progression is Gm7 – Dm7 – F/Bb – Fsus2 (i7 – v7 – VII – VIIsus2).

Is Flowers easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes Em7, Bm7, D, Dsus2, Cmaj7, F13 (67% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 17% without a capo).

This is the chord progression of flowers by willow smith on piano, guitar, ukulele and keyboard.

How to play Flowers: key, chords and progression

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Flowers chords: questions

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