Intro -x2-: B Eb7 E Gb Verse 1: B Eb7 E B Well I came alone to find a little piece of mind B Eb7 E B Neglected all my duties stepping off that straightened line B Eb7 Abm Db Now I just sit at my front door filled with indolence and sounds B Gb B It's like I'm watching the weeds grow on my brow B Eb7 E B And I had pure potential and a soiled white shirt B Eb7 E B With love enough to kill me but was unsure of its worth B Eb7 Abm Db And though the night is sweetened by some rising of the moon B Gb B I've lived enough to know the battle's never through Chorus: E B Gb B You pass something down, no matter where or how E B Gb Well there'll be weeds or wildflowers affixed upon your bows E B Abm Db And there's a crooked burning cigarette rolling on your tongue B Gb B Will there be weeds or wildflowers when you're done Instrumental -x2-: B Eb7 E Gb Verse 2: B Eb7 E Gb Remember you travel to the desert or travel to the sea B Eb7 E B Looking out on the horizon asking what you mean to me B Eb7 Abm Db And as we all hang around with a free or toiled mind B Gb B While all of our branches entwined B Eb7 E Gb And as I watch the brick erode within a day B Eb7 E B The leaves change their colors and the loft fills with hay B Eb7 Abm Db And as a blade of sunshine cuts across my chest B Gb B The blood beneath boils with unrest Chorus: E B Gb B You pass something down, no matter where or how E B Gb Well there'll be weeds or wildflowers affixed upon your bows E B Abm Db And there's a crooked burning cigarette rolling on your tongue B Gb B Will there be weeds or wildflowers when you're done Interlude: B Eb7 E Gb La La La La Laaa B Eb7 E Gb La La La La Laaa B Eb7 Abm E Gb La La La La Laaa B Eb7 Abm E Gb La La La La Laaa Chorus: E B Gb B Blown about by the wind, a worthless little thing E B Gb But the world can feel the changes of a butterfly's wings E B Abm Db And so that crooked burning cigarette rolling on your tongue B Gb B Will leave as weeds before your flowers yet have grown B Gb B Will there be weeds or wildflowers when you're done
