Flowers Never Bend

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From: "Kean,John" 

Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall  - Simon & Garfunkel
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>From "Parsley, Sage, Rosmary, and Thyme".
Transcribed and tabbed by John Kean ([email protected])
and Rich Kent ([email protected]).
Thanks to Adam Schneider ([email protected]) for the closing chord.

In the recording one guitar strums the chords (in the right-hand speaker)
while another plays the tab.

Capo 2nd fret for finger-picking guitar,
no capo for guitar playing the chords.


   (no chord)
3/4, . , . , .   , . , . , .   , . , . , .   , . , . , .
||-------------|-------------|-------------|-0-----------|
||-------------|-------------|-------------|-----3-------|
||-------------|-------------|-------------|---------0---|
||---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|-------------|
||-----3-------|-----3-------|-----3-------|-------------|
||-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|-------------|

4/4, . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|--3---------3-----|---3-------3-----||
|------------------|-----------------||
|--------0-------0-|-------0-------0-||
|------0-------0---|-----0-------0---||
|------------------|-----------------||
|--3-------3-------|-3-------3-------||
                           Through the

    A                 C#m               D                 A
4/4 , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
||--3---------3-----|-2---------2-----|-0---------0-----|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------3-----|
||*-------0-------0-|-------4-------4-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
||*-----0-------0---|-----4-------4---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|
||------------------|-2-------2-------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|
||--3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
    corridors   of    sleep    Past the shadows  dark and deep        My
    mirror  on  my    wall     Casts an image   dark and  small       But
    matter  if you're born         To   play the King or  pawn    For the

  C#m               D                 A
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------3-----|---3-------3-----|
|-3---------3-----|---1-------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
|-------4-------4-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
|-----4-------4---|-----2-----0-----|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
|-2-------2-------|-3-------2---0---|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
  mind  dances  and leaps       in confusion.                   I  don't
  I'm not  sure  at all     it's my reflection.                 I   am
  line is thinly drawn 'tween joy and sorrow.

  A                 C#m               D                 A
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-3---------3-----|-2---------2-----|-0---------0-----|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---------3-----|
|-------0-------0-|-------4-------4-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|
|-----0-------0---|-----4-------4---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|
|-----------------|-2-------2-------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|
|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
  know      what is real    I  can't  touch   what I    feel    And I
  blinded by  the   light       Of    God and truth and right   And I
  So  my  fantasy                   Becomes   reality,      And I   must

  C#m               D                 A
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-3---------3-----|-1---------1-----|-0---------0-----|---0-------0-----||
|-------4-------4-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-||
|-----4-------4---|-----2-------2---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---||
|-2-------2-------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------||
  hide behind  the  shield  of  my  illusion.
  wander  in  the   night  without  direction.
  be  what I  must  be  and face    tomorrow.

   E                                   D                 A
   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
||-2---------2-----|---2-------2-----|-0---------------|-----------------|
||-------3-------3-|-------3-------3-|-----------------|---3-------0-----|
||-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-------0---0---0-|-------0-------0-|
||-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-----2-----------|-----0-------0---|
||-----------------|-----------------|-3-------2---0---|-----------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
   So                          I'll continue   to     continue

                    F#m                                 D6
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---0-------0-----|-0---------0-----|---0-------0-----|-1---------1-----|
|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------2-------2-|
|-----0-----------|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
|-3-------3---2---|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|
              to pretend                          my    life

                    F#m                                 B7
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---1-------1-----|-0---------0-----|---0-------0-----|-------2---3-----|
|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|---------------0-|
|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|
|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|
         will never end,                          And   flowers

                    D                 Dmaj7             (no chord)
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .3/4, . , . , .
|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-------3---2-----|-----------1-----|-0---------0-----|-------------|
|---------------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------------|
|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|---------0---|
|-0-------0-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-----3-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-----------|
            never   bend              with        the   rainfall.

              ............................. ............................
               1,2.                       |  3.
  , . , . , .   , . , . , .   , . , . , . |  , . , . , .   , . , . , .
|-------------|-------------|-0-----------||-------------|-0-----------|
|-------------|-------------|-----3-------||-------------|-----3-------|
|-------------|-------------|---------0--*||---------0---|---------0---|
|---------0---|---------0---|------------*||-----0-------|-------------|
|-----3-------|-----3-------|-------------||-3-----------|-------------|
|-3-----------|-3-----------|-------------||-------------|-------------|
                                      The
                                  It's no

    (no chord)                                               Am9 (577500)
    , . , . , .   , . , . , .   , . , . , .   , . , . , .     ,  ,  ,
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||--------------|-------------|-------------|-----3--------||---------||
||*-------------|-------------|-------------|---------0---*||---------||
||*---------0---|---------0---|---------0---|-------------*||---------||
||------3-------|-----3-------|-----3-------|--------------||---------||
||--3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|--------------||-3-------||
                                                                     Fine.