Tone: [Am]
Intro:
[Am] [G] [C] [F]
Verse 1:
[Am]5:34 AM, I was a[G]about to start my day
But she [C]lay in there across me, so I [F]stayed anyway
[Am]Arms tied, legs numb, her [G]wrapped around my knee
[C]Sweetest of the sunflowers, how [F]you're the sun to me
Instrumental:
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Verse 2:
I don't re[Am]recall what you were wearing on the [G]first night we met
Besides a [C]subtle cloud around you from my [F]last cigarette
And you [Am]come from a good place with a [G]happy family
The only [C]bad you've ever done was to [F]see the good in me
Chorus:
Well, I[F]I've been [C]livin', w[G]aitin' on the[Am] day
That the g[F]good lord [C]willing [G]sends you out my[Am]my way
I've seen [F]hard times, [C]bad luck, [G]all that in [Am]between
S[F]Sweetest of the [C]sunflowers,[G] how you're the sun t[Am]o me
Instrumental:
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Verse 3:
I remem[Am]remember being younger and my mothe[G]mother told me true
Find s[C]someone who grows flowers in the [F]darkest parts of you
Take h[Am]heed when things get hard, and don't you [G]ever turn around
You'll find [C]someone, someday, somewhere that[F]that grows you to the clouds
Verse 4:
And you [Am]walked me home that evening when [G]I could barely walk
And you spo[C]spoke to me so sweetly on the d[F]days I couldn't talk
Now I'm[Am]I'm seeing clearly and I'm gro[G]growing up so free
Sweetest o[C]of the sunflowers, yeah, you're th[F]the sun to me
Chorus:
Well, I[F]I've been [C]livin', w[G]waitin' on the [Am]day
That the g[F]good lord [C]willing [G]sends you out my[Am]my way
I've seen h[F]ard times, b[C]ad luck, al[G]l that in be[Am]tween
S[F]Sweetest of the [C]sunflowers,[G] how you're the sun t[Am]o me
[F]Sweetest of the [C]sunflowers,[G]sunflowers, how you're the sun t[Am]to me