Title Supermarket Flowers

Artist Ed Sheeran
Album Divide
Genre acoustic, british, easy-listening, Grime, singer-songwriter

Intro -x2-: C Em7 F

Verse:
C Em7 F
I took the supermarket flowers from the window sill
C Em7 F
Threw the day mid tea from the cup
Am G F C
Packed up the photo album Matthew had made
F G C
Memories of a life that’s been loved
C Em7 F
Took the get well soon cards and stuffed animals
C Em7 F
Poured the old ginger beer down the sink
Am G F C
Dad alwas told me don’t you cry when you’re down
F G C
But mum there’s a tear every time that I blink

Pre-Chorus:
Dm Am C G
Oh I’m in pieces it’s tearing me up but I know
Dm Am C G
a heart that’s broke is a heart that’s been loved

Chorus:
C Em7
So I’ll sing Hallelujah,
F G
you were an angel
C Em7
In the shape of my mum
F G
When I fall down you’d be there
Am F C G
Holding me up spread your wings as you go and when
Am F
God takes you back
C G C Em7 F C Em7 F
We’ll say Hallelujah, you’re home

Verse:
C Em7 F
I fluffed the pillows, made the beds, stacked the chairs up
C Em7 F
Folded your nightgowns neatly in a case
Am G F C
John said he’d drive then put his hand on my cheek
F G C
And wiped a tear from the side of my face

Pre-Chorus:
Dm Am C G
I hope that I see the world as you did cause I know
Dm Am C G
a life with love is a life that’s been lived

Chorus:
C Em7
So I’ll sing Hallelujah,
F G
you were an angel
C Em7
In the shape of my mum
F G
When I fall down you’d be there
Am F C G
Holding me up spread your wings as you go and when
Am F
God takes you back
C G C Em7 F C Em7 F
We’ll say Hallelujah, you’re home

Bridge:
C Em7 F
C Em7 F
C Em7 F
Am G F

Chorus:

C Em7 F G
Hallelujah, you were an angel
C Em7 F
In the shape of my mum You got to see the person
Am F C G
I have become spread your wings and I know that when
Am F C G C
God takes you back We’ll say Hallelujah, you’re home

This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
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