"It Ain't All Flowers"
Sturgill Simpson
Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
[Intro]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4
[Bm Bm7 Bm B7]
[Verse 1]
B7
Cleaning out the darkest corners of my mind
D E
Taking all of my full circles, and making straight lines
B7
Been getting to the bottom of the bottom getting to me
D E
Holding up the mirror, to everything I don't want to see
D E B5
But it ain't all flowers, sometimes you gotta feel the thorns
D E B5
And when you play with the devil, you know you're gonna get the horns
[B7 B7 B7]
[Verse 2]
B7
Been dancing with the demons all my life
D E
Every time I find my grove, they cut in like a knife
B7
Been a sin eater since the day I was born
D E
Tired of feeling weighed down, from carrying 'round all the pain that keeps me torn
D E B5
So I pray when I lay me down to die
D E B5
Grab a glass of wine, and a seat to dine, and go ahead and eat the whole damn pie
[B7 B7 B7 B7]
[Interlude]
B7 D C#aug Em (x5)
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------2-----------2-----------4-------|
D|--------7--------4-----4-----3-----3-----5-----5----| x5
A|-----6-----6--5-----------4-----------7-------------|
E|--7-------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
D
It ain't all flowers
E B5
Sometimes you gotta smell the thorns
D E B5
And when you play with the devil, you know you're gonna get the horns
[B7]
