Tuning: E A D G B E

[Verse 1]

The s^Bmellers of flowers B^Guy up old roses They ^Fpull off dead petals Like ^Amold heads of lettuce And s^Emell ’em as new ones For c^Gheaper and fairer But they ^Ddie by the morning So wh^Fo is the winner?

[Chorus]

N^Bbot the roses N^Dmot the buyers N^Aot the sellers

Maybe winter [Verse 2]

Cause ^Bmwinter is coming S^Goon after summer It r^Funs faster, faster C^Amhasing off Autumn We g^Emo from a warm sun to o^Gnly a white sun We g^Do from a large sun to ^Fonly a small one

[Verse 3]

Whe^Bmn I was a small girl I w^Galked through the market Hol^Fding my dad’s hand, m^Amitten in gloved hand At ^Emnight there were roses lit ^Gup in glass boxes The^D heat-lamps would keep them from f^Freezing in winter

[Verse 4]

W^Bbe never bought them but some^Dmbody must have M^Aaybe they made it or m^A7aybe they froze up B^Bbefore any person had put them in water A^And hoped that they’d still be alive by the morning

[Chorus]

W^Bbho’s the winner? N^Dmot the roses N^Aot the buyers

Not the sellers

N^Bbot the tellers Of these stories N^Aot the fathers

Not their children

^BbNot those waking O^A#(b5)n a dark night T^Ahrough a memory

They’re forgetting

W^Ebho’s the winner? Who’s the winner? M^Aaybe winter, maybe winter

[Verse 5]

S^Bmomebody steps on a l^Dight through a t^F#munnel T^Bmhey’re holding a piece of their m^Dind in the r^F#mubble ^FaugHold ^F#mon I^A w^Don’t l^Aet g^Do ^BmI wa^Ant to k^Gnow

[Instrumentation] [Verse 6]

But ^Bmno one lives long enough T^Go see the outcome To k^Fnow any answers To k^Amnow what the point is To k^Emnow if the winter E^Gver came closer T^Dhan on that night When I wa^Flked with my father

[Verse 7]

A s^Bbmall piece of ice Lod^Dmged in my mind Lod^Aged in my thoughts, lodged in my eyes Co^Gmld all around, cold all around Wa^Arm from inside, warm from inside

[Chorus]

W^Bbho’s the winner? N^Dmot the roses N^Aot the buyers

Not the sellers

N^Bbot the tellers Of these stories N^Aot the fathers

Not their children

W^Bbho’s the winner? N^Dmot the roses N^Aot the buyers

Not the sellers

N^Bbot the tellers Of these stories N^Aot the fathers

Not their children [Outro]

^BbNot those waking O^A#(b5)n a dark night T^Ahrough a memory

They’re forgetting

W^Ebho’s the winner? Who’s the winner? M^Aaybe winter, maybe winter W^Ebho’s the winner? Who’s the winner? M^Aaybe winter, maybe winter W^Ebho’s the winner? Who’s the winner? ^A ^Gm ^Edim ^Dm

Regina Spektor - Sellers of flowers