WATER MY FLOWERS
As recorded by Old Dominion
(2025 release)


Capo 5th fret


[Intro]
Am    G Am    G


[Verse 1]
Am                         G
Soul as empty as a whiskey glass
Am                       G
Bed as cold as it can be
Am                         G
I been waking up alone too long
Am                             G
Lonely ain't got nothin' on me
Am                             G
Heart as hollow as an old dead hickory
    Am                       G
The ramblin' man in me is dyin'
Am
Still ain't found the one to settle me down
                    Dm      Am
But it ain't from a lack of trying
       C            Dm      Am     F
No, it ain't from a lack of trying


[Chorus]
                  C              Dm
'Cause every night I close my eyes
                       Am            F
And pray for something I can hold on to
            C                     Dm
Where she at, and what do I gotta do
         Am                      G
Tell me, who's gonna water my flowers
Am                      G
Who's gonna cry my name
          Am
When they lay me down in the cold hard ground
      C       G      Dm
And I meet my higher power
F           G        Am        G Am    G
Who's gonna water my flowers


[Verse 2]
Am                               G
Sand is slipping through the hourglass
          Am
There's a number on my nights and days
G        Am
I need a brown-eyed baby
Am
Come around and save me
         C        G       Am
'Cause I can't go on this way
      C           G        Am  F
No, I ain't going out this way


[Chorus]
           C              Dm
Every night I close my eyes
                       Am            F
And pray for something I can hold on to
            C                     Dm
Where she at, and what do I gotta do
         Am                      G
Tell me, who's gonna water my flowers
Am                      G
Who's gonna cry my name
          Am
When they lay me down in the cold hard ground
      C       G      Dm
And I meet my higher power
F           G        Dm
Who's gonna water my flowers


[Bridge]
      Am
Is it too much to ask
        Dm
For something that will last
      E
Yeah, long after I'm gone
E
And I've sang the last of my songs
Am                           F
Who's gonna water my flowers


[Chorus]
           C
Every night I close my eyes
                       Am            F
And pray for something I can hold on to
            C                     Dm
Where she at, and what do I gotta do
         Am                      G
Tell me, who's gonna water my flowers
Am                      G
Who's gonna cry my name
          Am
When they lay me down in the cold hard ground
        C     G     Dm
And I'm in my final hour
F           G        Am
Who's gonna water my flowers


[Chorus]
Am    G Am    G Am