Artificial Flowers

Words & Music by Jerry Bock & Sheldon Harnick
Recorded by Bobby Darin, 1960 (#20)


  A            F#m    C#m7-5        F#m
Alone in the world was poor little Anne

    D9           Bm7-5 E7/6 E7    A   Edim  E7
As sweet a young child  as you'd find.

    A           F#m         C#m7-5     F#m
Her parents had gone to their final reward

D9      Bm7-5 E7alt  E7/6 E7    A    Edim   E7
Leavin' their   ba -  by  be - hind.


    A            F#m           C#m7-5        F#m
This poor little child was only nine years of age

      D9       Bm7-5 E7/6 E7   A   Edim  E7
When mother and dad  went a - way;

A              F#m         C#m7-5         F#m
Still bravely worked at the one thing she knew

    D9 Bm7-5   E7alt  E7/6 E7 Fdim  A
To earn her few pen - nies a   day.


Refrain 1:

A7       D9       Bm7-5       Dm6     A         D9         A      
She made ar - ti - fic - ial flowers, ar - ti - fic - ial flowers,

 D9   Fdim   Bm7-5   E7      A     D9 Fdim A
Flow - ers for la - dies of fash - ion to wear;

A7       D9       Bm7-5       
She made ar - ti - fic - ial flowers, 

   Dm6          A      C#m7-5      F#7
You know those ar - ti - fic - ial flowers,

 D9    Dm6  Bm7-5 E7alt  E7/6 E7     A
Fash - ioned from  Ann - ie's des - pair.


     A          F#m             C#m7-5    F#m
With paper and shears, with some wire and wax

    D9     Bm7-5 E7/6  E7       A   Edim  E7
She made up each  tu - lip and mum.

     A               F#m      C#m7-5          F#m
As snowflakes drifted into her ten - e - ment room

    D9   Bm7-5 E7alt  E7/6  E7   A   D9  A
Her baby little fin - gers grew numb.



Refrain 2:

     A7      D9       Bm7-5       Dm6    A         D9           A
From makin' ar - ti - fic - ial flowers, ar - ti - fic - ial flowers

D9   Fdim     Bm7-5  E7      A    D9   Fdim  A
Flow - ers for la - dies of high fashion to wear.

A7       D9       Bm7-5       Dm6     A       C#m7-5      F#7
She made ar - ti - fic - ial flowers, ar - ti - fic - ial flowers

 D9    Dm6  Bm7-5 E7alt  E7/6 E7     A   Edim  E7
Fash - ioned from  Ann - ie's des - pair.


     A            F#m       C#m7-5    F#m
They found little Annie all covered in ice

      D9      Dm6     Bm7-5 E7/6  E7     A   Edim  E7
Still clutch - in' her poor froz - en shears;

   A           F#m             C#m7-5       F#m
Amidst all the blossoms she had fashioned by hand

    D9   Bm7-5     E7/6 E7  Fdim   A    Edim  E7
And wa - tered with all her young tears.


       A         F#m               C#m7-5     F#m
There must be a heaven where little Annie can play

   D9    Dm6     Bm7-5 E7/6  E7   A     Edim  E7
In heav - en - ly gar - dens and bowers.

     A            F#m             C#m7-5     F#m
And instead of a halo she'll wear 'round her head

   D9   Bm7-5  E7alt E7/6 E7  Fdim    A      D9  A
A gar - land of gen - u - ine flow - ers.


Refrain 3:

A7      D9       Bm7-5       Dm6    
No more ar - ti - fic - ial flowers; 

      Fdim       A         D9           A
Throw away those ar - ti - fic - ial flowers,

 D9   Fdim    Bm7-5  E7 Fdim     A        D9 Fdim  A
Flow - ers for la - dies of so - ci - et - y  to  wear.

        A7       D9       Bm7-5       Dm6   A      C#m7-5      F#7
Throw away those ar - ti - fic - ial flowers, those dumb-dumb flowers,

 D9    Dm6  Bm7-5 E7alt  E7/6  Fdim  
Fash - ioned from Ann - ie's, 

D9     Dm6  Bm7-5 E7alt  E7/6 E7     A     
Fash - ioned from  Ann - ie's des - pair.

Bm7-5        Cdim  A6
Give her the real thing!




 
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